John Jordan Crittenden III
- John Jordan Crittenden III
John Jordan Crittenden III (June 7, 1854 – June 25, 1876) was an officer in the United States Army and a member of the Crittenden family, who were prominent in political and military circles throughout the 19th century. He was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn in the Montana Territory while on temporary assignment in the 7th U.S. Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer.
He was a son of American Civil War general Thomas Leonidas Crittenden and his wife, Catherine Todd. He was a grandson and namesake of former Kentucky U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden and the great-grandson of Virginia politician John Crittenden, Sr. Young Crittenden received an appointment to the United States Military Academy in 1873, but failed to graduate, leaving school in 1875. He petitioned President Grant for a commission and in the autumn of that year was assigned as a second lieutenant in the 20th U.S. Infantry.
Before the Little Big Horn campaign the following year, Crittenden was temporarily assigned to Company L of the 7th Cavalry, serving under Captain James Calhoun. Shortly after his 22nd birthday, he was killed during the Battle of Little Big Horn. His body was identified by a prothestic glass eye from an earlier injury when a shotgun accidentally discharged in his face. At the specific request of his family, Crittenden was initially buried with his men on what became known as "Calhoun Hill," but his body was exhumed in 1931 and reinterred in the Custer National Cemetery near Crow Agency, Montana. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6990088 Find A Grave] ]
References
* Hammer, Kenneth. "Men with Custer: Biographies of the 7th Cavalry: June 25, 1876". (Ronald H. Nichols, editor). Hardin, Montana: Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, 2000.
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External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6990088 Find A Grave] biography of Lt. J. J. Crittenden
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/hh/1a/hh1h.htm Photo taken in 1877 of Crittenden's initial grave]
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