- Pleasant Crump
Pleasant Riggs Crump (
December 23 ,1847 —December 31 ,1951 ) was a Confederate soldier, believed by some to be the last livingAmerican Civil War veteran who fought for the Confederacy. Although survived by several claimants of questionable status (such as Thomas Riddle,William Lundy ,John B. Salling and Walter Williams), only Crump's status has been conclusively confirmed. Another claimant, William J. Bush of Georgia, seems to be on firmer ground; census research indicated Bush was about 106. Whether Bush served or not, however, has not been conclusively established.Born in Crawford's Cove,
Alabama , Crump and a friend left home and traveled toPetersburg, Virginia , where Crump enlisted as a private in the 10th Alabama Infantry in November 1864. Assigned to Company A, Crump saw action at theBattle of Hatcher's Run , participated in thesiege of Petersburg before witnessing GeneralRobert E. Lee 's surrender atAppomattox Court House as well as attending Lee's official surrender to Union GeneralUlysses S. Grant . Returning to his home in ruralAlabama following the Confederate surrender, Crump soon relocated to Lincoln in nearbyTalladega County . There, at twenty-two, he married Mary Hall, a local. Five children resulted from this marriage, which lasted until she died onDecember 31 ,1901 . Crump took Ella Wallis ofChildersburg as his wife in 1905. Following her death in July of 1942, he shared a home with a grandson's family. TheUnited Confederate Veterans awarded him the honorary title ofcolonel . In 1950, he met with 98-year-old Gen. James Moore, who was then recognized to be the only other remaining veteran of Alabama. Crump died having just turned 104 and is buried in Hall Cemetery, Lincoln. [ [http://genforum.genealogy.com/crump/messages/1944.html Obituary of Pleasant Crump] ]ee also
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Last surviving United States war veterans References
External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13397843# Pleasant Crump's obituary at Findagrave]
* Linedecker, Clifford L., ed. "Civil War, A-Z: The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict",New York , Ballentine Books, 2002. ISBN 0-89141-878-4
* Hoar, Jay S., "The South's Last Boys in Gray: An Epic Prose Elegy", Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1976, pp. 463-466.
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