William Harvey Crew

William Harvey Crew

Sergeant, Company K, 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA

Enlisted and Mustered into service on May 10, 1862

Was wounded on September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), Maryland

Recovered at home and enlisted in Company L, (Avery's) 4th Georgia Cavalry on May 9, 1864 in Dallas, Georgia and served to the end of the war

Was surrendered by Gen Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, North Carolina on April 26, 1865

Note:( The 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry by special order became the 12th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Cavalry on January 11, 1865 ).

60th Georgia Infantry Engagements Sgt. Crew served in:

Second Winchester, Virginia (6/14/62)

Seven Days Battles, Virginia (6/25/62 - 7/1/62)

Gaines’ Mill, Virginia (6/27/62)

Malvern Hill, Virginia (7/1/62)

Cedar Mountain, Virginia (8/9/62)

Bristoe and Manassas Junction, Virginia (8/26/62 - 8/27/62)

Kettle Run, Virginia (8/27/62)

Second Manassas (Bull Run), Virginia (8/28/62 - 8/30/62)

Chantilly, Virginia (9/1/62)

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (9/12/62 - 9/15/62)

Sharpsburg (Antietam), Maryland (9/17/62)

4th Ga. Cavalry

William H. Crew's first Cavalry Battle was Resaca in The Atlanta Campaign

* The Defense of Savannah

* The Carolinas Campaign (12th Ga. Cavalry)