Born in Crawford's Cove,
St. Clair County, Alabama, Crump and a friend left home and traveled to
Petersburg, Virginia, where Crump enlisted as a private in the 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment in November 1864. Assigned to Company A, Crump saw action at the
Battle of Hatcher's Run, and participated in the
siege of Petersburg before witnessing General
Robert E. Lee's
surrender at
Appomattox Court House to Union General
Ulysses S. Grant. Returning home to rural
Alabama, Crump soon relocated to
Lincoln, in nearby
Talladega County. There, at the age of 22, he married a local woman named Mary Hall. They had five children from their marriage, which lasted until she died on December 31, 1901. Crump later married Ella Wallis of
Childersburg in 1905. After her death in July 1942, he lived with a grandson's family. The
United Confederate Veterans awarded Crump the honorary title of
colonel in its organization. In 1950, he met with 98-year-old "General" James Moore, who was recognized as the only other Confederate veteran remaining in Alabama. Crump died shortly after his 104th birthday, exactly fifty years after his first wife, Mary Hall died. He is buried in Hall Cemetery, in Lincoln. ==See also==