It has been reported that during the Civil War he enlisted as a cavalryman in Company F Fifth Kentucky Calvary, a unit of General John Hunt Morgan. (needs further research)
Further research indicates the following.
Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records.
Name: Thomas J Crossfield
Birth Date: abt 1842
Age: 21
Enlistment Date: 1863
Military Unit: Fifth Cavalry, B-Ha
US Civil War Soldier
Name: Thomas J. Crossfield
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Kentucky
Regiment Name: 5 Kentucky Cavalry
Regiment Name Expanded: 5th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
Company: F G
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M377 roll 3
Further Information provided Mr. Rod Lewis.
(Thank you Mr. Lewis for all your help on this)
update: Information source, Soldiers and Sailors Data Base.
"5th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 with men recruited in the central section of Kentucky. It was attached to Buford's Brigade and skirmished in Tennessee and Kentucky. Later it fought with J.H. Morgan, and many of its members were captured at Buffington Island on July 19 and the remaining part at New Lisbon on July 26,1863. The Regiment was not reorganized. Its commanders were Colonel D. Howard Smith, Lieutenant Colonels Churchill G. Campbell and Preston Thomson, and Major Thomas Y. Brent, Jr."
It has been reported that during the Civil War he enlisted as a cavalryman in Company F Fifth Kentucky Calvary, a unit of General John Hunt Morgan. (needs further research)
Further research indicates the following.
Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records.
Name: Thomas J Crossfield
Birth Date: abt 1842
Age: 21
Enlistment Date: 1863
Military Unit: Fifth Cavalry, B-Ha
US Civil War Soldier
Name: Thomas J. Crossfield
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Kentucky
Regiment Name: 5 Kentucky Cavalry
Regiment Name Expanded: 5th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
Company: F G
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M377 roll 3
Further Information provided Mr. Rod Lewis.
(Thank you Mr. Lewis for all your help on this)
update: Information source, Soldiers and Sailors Data Base.
"5th Cavalry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1862 with men recruited in the central section of Kentucky. It was attached to Buford's Brigade and skirmished in Tennessee and Kentucky. Later it fought with J.H. Morgan, and many of its members were captured at Buffington Island on July 19 and the remaining part at New Lisbon on July 26,1863. The Regiment was not reorganized. Its commanders were Colonel D. Howard Smith, Lieutenant Colonels Churchill G. Campbell and Preston Thomson, and Major Thomas Y. Brent, Jr."
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George Washington Crossfield
1844–1871
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Susan Mary Crossfield York
1847–1888
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Julia Ann Crossfield Ware
1849–1913
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Sarah Frances Crossfield Thacker
1851–1910
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Mattison Monroe Crossfield
1852–1887
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Martha Belle Crossfield Ware
1854–1898
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Ella Almira Crossfield Bond
1856–1892
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America Alice Crossfield Jones
1857–1927
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