Post by fred on Feb 15, 2016 7:45:27 GMT -6
Try this for Crittenden. I think it might be a little more encompassing...
Crittenden, 2LT John Jordan—b. Frankfort, KY, June 7, 1854 – d. June 25, 1876, killed at the Little Big Horn. Company L: acting first lieutenant. TDY to Seventh Cavalry from Company G, 20th Infantry in place of LT Edwin Eckerson. DOR: October 15, 1875. Junior officer on campaign. Blind in one eye; glass eye. While hunting on October 25, 1875, he exploded a cartridge with a knife and a piece of it hit him in the eye. Killed with Calhoun. Body shot with arrows—including one in his glass eye—and tomahawked. Godfrey wrote that Crittenden’s body was found, “on the hill on the extreme left of the line (when facing the river)” [Godfrey/Graham, The Custer Myth, p. 345].
Came from a very prominent Kentucky family. His grandfather, John J. Crittenden, was active in state and national politics, and introduced the “Crittenden Compromise” in the senate to try to avoid the Union from dissolving. It failed and he went home to try to keep Kentucky from seceding. The grandfather’s oldest son and John Jordon’s uncle, George Bibb Crittenden (b. March 20, 1812 – d. 1880), had been a lieutenant colonel and had graduated from West Point. He resigned at the outbreak of the Civil War and was appointed a brigadier general in the CSA army. Promoted to major general, he was relieved of his command because of drunkenness. He resigned in Oct 1862. John Jordan’s father, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (b. May 15, 1819 – d. 1893), stayed in the Union army and became a brigadier general in September 1861. Fought at Shiloh, leading his troops impressively, promoted to MG, and commanded XXI Corps. His command collapsed at Chickamauga in September 1863, and he resigned in December 1864. After the war, the brothers were reunited, George serving as state librarian, Thomas as state treasurer before returning to the army. Became a lieutenant colonel. Based on the wishes of his parents, he was buried on battlefield where he fell. Eventually re-interred in LBH National Cemetery.
Best wishes,
Fred.
Crittenden, 2LT John Jordan—b. Frankfort, KY, June 7, 1854 – d. June 25, 1876, killed at the Little Big Horn. Company L: acting first lieutenant. TDY to Seventh Cavalry from Company G, 20th Infantry in place of LT Edwin Eckerson. DOR: October 15, 1875. Junior officer on campaign. Blind in one eye; glass eye. While hunting on October 25, 1875, he exploded a cartridge with a knife and a piece of it hit him in the eye. Killed with Calhoun. Body shot with arrows—including one in his glass eye—and tomahawked. Godfrey wrote that Crittenden’s body was found, “on the hill on the extreme left of the line (when facing the river)” [Godfrey/Graham, The Custer Myth, p. 345].
Came from a very prominent Kentucky family. His grandfather, John J. Crittenden, was active in state and national politics, and introduced the “Crittenden Compromise” in the senate to try to avoid the Union from dissolving. It failed and he went home to try to keep Kentucky from seceding. The grandfather’s oldest son and John Jordon’s uncle, George Bibb Crittenden (b. March 20, 1812 – d. 1880), had been a lieutenant colonel and had graduated from West Point. He resigned at the outbreak of the Civil War and was appointed a brigadier general in the CSA army. Promoted to major general, he was relieved of his command because of drunkenness. He resigned in Oct 1862. John Jordan’s father, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (b. May 15, 1819 – d. 1893), stayed in the Union army and became a brigadier general in September 1861. Fought at Shiloh, leading his troops impressively, promoted to MG, and commanded XXI Corps. His command collapsed at Chickamauga in September 1863, and he resigned in December 1864. After the war, the brothers were reunited, George serving as state librarian, Thomas as state treasurer before returning to the army. Became a lieutenant colonel. Based on the wishes of his parents, he was buried on battlefield where he fell. Eventually re-interred in LBH National Cemetery.
Best wishes,
Fred.