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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Crouse, Benjamin |
| Title: | Collection 408. Benjamin Crouse Papers, 1862 - 1864 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | The Benjamin Crouse Letters consist of nine Civil War era letters from Private Benjamin Crouse to his wife Minta Crouse and brother Martin. |
| Extent: | 0.00001 linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Collection 408. Benjamin Crouse Papers, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
Sharon Jansen donated this collection to the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection in April 2008. They were originally in the possession of her grandmother Mattie Marie Crouse Smith, wife of Henry Clay Smith. Its accession number is 08-14. It is not open to the public. It will be opened to the public in May 2008.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, May, 2008
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, May, 2008
Benjamin Crouse (1830-1864) was born in Ashe County (present-day Alleghany), North Carolina and lived as a farmer. His wife was named Minta. Their children may have included Nancy, Elizabeth, Martin, James, Peggy, and Joshua. Crouse served in Company I, 61st Regiment North Carolina Infantry the "Alleghany Rangers." This company was raised on 3 May 1862. It was mustered at Camp Vance as Capt. Aras Bishop Cox's Independent Company, N.C. Partisan Rangers and redesignated as Company I in November 1862. In May and June 1863, Crouse was on detail to arrest deserters and conscripts. In August 1863, he was wounded in the face on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina and remained in the hospital to recover. He returned to duty by September 1863. He was killed at Fort Harrison, Virginia on 30 September 1864.
William T. Choate, born in Ashe County in 1832, served as this company as 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, and captain. He furloughed in August 1863 and evidently carried a letter and presents between the Crouses. He was killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia on 2 June 1864.
| Choate, William T. (1832-1864) |
| Confederate States of America. Army -- Privates -- Correspondence |
| Crouse, Benjamin (1830-1864) |
| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals |
Jordan, Weymouth T.North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, Vol. XIV Infantry, Raleigh: Division of Archives and History, 1998
1860 Federal Census for Alleghany County, North Carolina, Gap Civil Township, house number 343.
