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CPL Grief Truly Cralle

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CPL Grief Truly Cralle

Birth
Nottoway County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Oct 1925 (aged 80)
Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA
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Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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The son of George A. Cralle and Sarah Mildred Carter Cralle married Eliza (Lizzie) Gilliam Willson. They lived at "Rural Retreat". G.Truly Cralle served with Co.E 3rd Va. Cav. CSA in the Civil War. The 3rd Va. Cavalry was engaged, during Cralle’s tenure, at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Haw’s Shop, Cold Harbor, Early’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign and Petersburg, culminating with skirmishes preceding the surrender at Appomattox. Cralle, by then a corporal, would surrender and be paroled at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. In 1866, Cralle attended VMI, but was expelled, prior to graduating from that institution, for committing a daring prank. He attended VMI for nine months.
The son of George A. Cralle and Sarah Mildred Carter Cralle married Eliza (Lizzie) Gilliam Willson. They lived at "Rural Retreat". G.Truly Cralle served with Co.E 3rd Va. Cav. CSA in the Civil War. The 3rd Va. Cavalry was engaged, during Cralle’s tenure, at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Haw’s Shop, Cold Harbor, Early’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign and Petersburg, culminating with skirmishes preceding the surrender at Appomattox. Cralle, by then a corporal, would surrender and be paroled at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. In 1866, Cralle attended VMI, but was expelled, prior to graduating from that institution, for committing a daring prank. He attended VMI for nine months.

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