Individual Details

The following age doesn't agree with the 1840 and 1850 censuses. Thomas should have been more like 25. Perhaps the enlisting officer just guessed at an age, but I did find an indication of possibly another T. M. Crutcher in Mississippi, that the following may belong to. DeSoto, Marshall & Tippah counties all border Tennessee across northern Mississippi.



This evidence would validate that the following is a very DIFFERENT Thomas M. Crutcher. He was in fact the son of Thomas Crutcher (1797-1848) and Ann McCargo (1802-1881) who married 23 Jun 1823 in Charlotte Co, VA - a line of Crutchers very different from these who were in Granville, NC

1850 Census. DeSoto Co, MS, Hh 316
Ann Crutcher, 48, b. VA
Wm, 26, b. VA
Erwin, 24, b. VA
Thomas, 21, b. VA
Ebbert, 15. b. AL
Sarah, 10, b. MS

1860 Census. DeSoto Co, MS, Hh 1507
T. M. Crutcher, 31, Farmer, b. Virginia. Lived alone.

Found a Thomas M. Crutcher, age 32 (b. 1830), height 5' 10 1/2"; Farmer, light hair, blue eyes, who enlisted as a Private in Co C of the 34th Regiment, Miss on 10 March, 1861 at Mt Pleasant (Marshall Co near Holly Springs) for three years. The company became Company E.

34th Infantry Regiment [also called 37th Regiment] was organized at Holly Springs, Mississippi, in April, 1862. The men were drawn from the counties of Tate, Smith, Marshall, Tippah, Holmes, and Benton.

Muster Rolls:
Sept & Oct 1862. Present.
Nov & Dec 1862. Present. Due $50.
Jan & Feb, 1863. Present.
Mar & Apr, 1863. Present.
Jul & Aug, 1863. Extra daily duty, Order Genl. Lidell, August 28, 1863.
Jan & Feb 1864. Absent, Capt. Lookout Mt. Nov, 1863.
T. M. Crutcher on List of killed, wounded & missing, of Walthall's Bridgade in engagement on Lookout Mountain, TN, 24 Nov 1863. "Missing". Listed made at camp near Dalton, GA on 18 Dec 1863.
Captured Nov 24, 1863, Chattanooga, TN. Forwarded to Louisville, KY on Nov 29, 1863, For Exchange.
Listed on Roll of Prisoners of War at Nashville, TN, captured by the forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas and forwarded to Capt. S. E. Jones, Provost Marshal, at Louisville, KY, Nov. 29, 1863.
Dec. 1, 1863. Discharged from Military Prison, Louisville, KY to Rock Island, Illinois.
Roll of Prisoners of War at Rock Island Barracks, rec'd from Louisville, KY. Roll dated, Dec 14, 1863. Thos. M. Crutcher entered, 3 Dec 1863.
Roll dated Headquarters, Rock Island Barracks, Illinois, 18 Mar 1864. Thos. M. Crutcher desires to take the oath of allegiance. Home noted as within federal lines.
Died August 15, 1864, Thos. M. Crutcher, Priv. Co. E, 34th Regt, Miss. Inf. At Rock Island Barracks, IL. Captured at Chattanooga, TN on 24 Nov 1863. Arrived Rock Island, 3 Dec 1863. Cause of death: Pneumonia. Grave Number 1414.

His grave marker can be seen at FindAGrave #9150406. No date of birth or death.
Rock Island Confederate Cemetery is the only surviving remnant of a massive prison camp that once held thousands of Confederate soldiers. Located near the southeast corner of Arsenal Island in Rock Island, Illinois, the Confederate Cemetery is the final resting place for nearly 2,000 prisoners of war who died in captivity from disease and the poor living conditions of the camp. The modest cemetery stands in poignant contrast to the Rock Island National Cemetery, a half-mile to the southeast.

Birth

1837

Tennessee

Father	MASTIN Crutcher (1797 - 1847)
Mother	MARTHA Longmire (1800 - )
Sibling	John W. Crutcher (1832 - )
Sibling	MARTHA FRANCES CRUTCHER (1833 - 1896)
Sibling	Eliza Crutcher (1834 - 1855)
Sibling	Caroline Crutcher (1840 - 1906)
Sibling	Catherine Melinda Crutcher (1841 - 1927)