Charles S. Newman, 1st Lieutenant & Adjutant, Crawford's Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, commissioned October 1, 1862 at Haynesville, captured at Big Black [river], Miss., May 17, 1863, forwarded to Memphis, Tenn., May 25, arrived at Depot of Prisoners of War, near Sandusky, Ohio from Indianapolis June 5, paroled at Johnson's Island, Ohio and transferred to City Point, Va. for exchange, February 24, 1865, paroled at Charlottesville, Va. May 18, 1865, resident of Orange County, Va.
The 60th (also known as the 79th and as Crawford's) Regiment Tennessee Infantry was organized October 1, 1862, with eleven companies, A to L. It was mustered into Confederate States service November 7, 1862, with ten companies, A to K. Company L not being accepted by the Confederate States authorities. The regiment was captured and paroled at Vicksburg, Miss., in July, 1863, and after exchanged was assigned to Brig. Gen. Vaughn's Cavalry Brigade and mounted.
M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee
Sunday, May 17
"We made a stand at the Big Black -- the enemy moved forward and opened on us at sunrise. The fight was heavy until about ten o'clock, when the enemy turned our left flank and forced us to retire. Then commenced a pel mel retreat . . . . In the fight on the other side of the river when we fell back our regiment was so far in advance on the right and they found it impossible to reach the bridge. Only two companies (ours, K, and Captain Bachman's G) escaped, together with a few stragglers. The rest were all killed or captured."
All Right Let Them Come: The Civil War Diary Of An East Tennessee Confederate (Voices Of The Civil War) by John Guilford Earnest (Sep 29, 2003)
The brigade arrived [Vicksburg] December 26, and there participated in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou and Chickasaw Bluffs. General Stephen D. Lee's Brigade formed the right of the line of defense, General Seth M. Barton's the center, and General Vaughn's the left. General Vaughn reported that on the second day he sent the 62nd to re-enforce Lee; the 60th to re-enforce Barton on the 3rd day; leaving one regiment, the 61st to defend the abattis. Pemberton's report stated; "on the left, commanded by Brigadier General Vaughn, the heavy abattis prevented the approach of the enemy except with sharpshooters who advanced continuously, but were met firmly by his East Tennesseans."
An inspection report by Bob E. Houston, Captain and Assistant Inspector General, for January-February, 1863 on Company "G". stated: I take pleasure in stating that in discipline, efficiency and military appearance this company exceeds that of any I have ever seen in Volunteer service."
The brigade remained at Vicksburg until about the first of May, when General Pemberton decided to meet the enemy in the field. Toward the end of this campaign, on May 17, while guarding a bridge over the Big Black River, Vaughn's Brigade was overwhelmed by a Federal division at the Battle of Big Black River Bridge. The 60th regiment surrendered to Brigadier General Stephen G. Burbridge's 1st Brigade, 10th Division. A regimental report stated: "Lieutenant Colonel Gregg, one captain, three 1st lieutenants, seven 2nd lieutenants, six brevet 2nd lieutenants, captured at Big Black, Mississippi on May 17, 1863, and have not been exchanged. Enlisted men captured at Big Black: 239. They belonged to Companies "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" "F", "H" and "I". This report was dated October, 1864. The Federal reports of this action stated that the regiment, with 360 stand of arms, was captured without the loss of a man by the Federal troops. What was left of the regiment fell back into Vicksburg, and remained in the trenches until the surrender on July 4, 1863. The brigade was surrendered as part of Major General Morgan Lewis Smith's Division, and paroled a few days after the surrender.
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