Robert B. Crandall
Robert B. Crandall was born around 1839 in Mississippi to David and Priscilla Crandall. His father was a farmer who owned $6,000 of real estate and $450 of personal property by 1860. The family moved to Adams, Wisconsin, around 1846 and then to Baraboo, Wisconsin, in the 1850s. By 1860, Crandall was working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on August 14, 1862, and he mustered in as a sergeant in Company F of the 23rd Wisconsin Infantry. The regiment took part in the Vicksburg campaign and the Red River campaign. In December 1862, he assured his family that he had “the courage to face dangers,” and he was “confident I shall live to see you all again.” In December 1863, he noted that he “had to make out election returns for the Co[mpany],” and he cheered that the “votes were straight Union.” He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on March 31, 1863, and he mustered out on July 4, 1865.
 
He returned to Wisconsin after the war, and he married a woman named Alice around 1865. They had at least three children: Morris, born around 1867; David, born around 1868; and Jessie, born around 1876. Crandall supported the Republican Party, and local Republicans nominated him for county superintendent in 1867. They moved to Nassau County, Florida, around 1869, and Crandall worked as a farmer there. By 1870, he owned $300 of real estate. They moved to the Dakota Territory in the 1870s and then to Olympia, Washington, in the late 1800s. He worked as a bailiff for the state supreme court. He died of tuberculosis in Olympia on October 10, 1901.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4452)Crandall, Robert B.18391901-10-10
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Sergeant
  • Rank out: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Rank highest: 2nd Lieutenant
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 9

  • (12453) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 3 December 1862
  • (12454) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 31 December 1862
  • (12455) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 4 September 1863
  • (12550) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 23 September 1863
  • (12551) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 4 November 1863
  • (12552) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 11 December 1863
  • (12553) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 27 January 1864
  • (12554) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 2 June 1864
  • (12555) [writer] ~ Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 26 January 1865

People - Records: 1

  • (5102) Crandall, Katherine M. is the [sibling of] (4452) Crandall, Robert B.

Places - Records: 2

  • (846) [birth] ~ Mississippi
  • (3144) [death] ~ Olympia, Thurston County, Washington

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (703) [enlisted] [F] ~ 23rd Wisconsin Infantry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (3) [member/supporter] ~ Republican Party
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 31 December 1862, DL1858.002, Nau Collection; Robert B. Crandall to Katherine M. Crandall, 11 December 1863, DL1858.006, Nau Collection; Baraboo (WI) Republic, 16 October 1867 and 20 July 1898.