Person:Walter Crouch (4)

Walter V. Crouch born April 21, 1826, died May 18, 1902 with burial in the Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans, LA. Married Annie E. Green. She was born July 26, 1845 and died April 6, 1874. He next married Mary R. Haughton on July 5, 1877 at Lafayette Presbyterian Or Fulton St. Church, New Orleans, LA. She was born September 19th, 1846; died July 22, 1899.

Major Walter V. Crouch, of the Louisiana brigade, army of Tennessee, was born at Richmond, Va. in 1826, and remained in his native state until 1847, when, after a few months stop at Montgomery, Ala., he made his home at New Orleans. In 1851-56 he held the office of assistant appraiser of the port. He entered the Confederate service in April , 1861, and soon afterward raised a company at New Orleans, which was mustered in as Company H. Thirteenth regiment Louisiana infantry. Refusing the captaincy in favor of Jown W. Ladouisse, he was elected first lieutenant at the organization. About three months later he was appointed regimental commissary, with the rank of captain. Just after the battle of Chickamauga, when Captain Crouch brought Gen. Daniel W. Adams from the field under the flag of truce after he was wounded, he was promoted to brigade commissary, with the rank of major, and he served in this capacity under General Gibson, until the surrender at Meridian, Miss., in May, 1865. He was wounded in the head at the battle of Shiloh, and was under fire at the battles of Perryville, in the Georgia campaign from Dalton to Atlanta and Jonesboro, at the Franklin and Nashville, and at Spanish Fort, and in his office was distinguished for the faithful and energetic performance of duty. After the war Major Crouch was for a number of years associated with Gen. J. B. Hood, first in the commission business and later in insurance, until 1876, when he was elected secretary and treasurer of the New Orleans and Carrollton railway company.

Major Walter V. Crouch, was a close family friend of General J.B. Hood and was nearby when General Hood's wife died from complications due to Yellow Fever on Sunday, August 24, 1879. General Hood died from Yellow Fever on August 31, 1879.

Walter V. Crouch, Secretary and Treasurer of the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Co., New Orleans, La., died May 16, 1902, at the age of seventy-six years. He was born in Richmond, Va. He started in business at the age of seventeen years, and was continuously engaged in active business, except for four years during the Civil War.

Mr. Crouch lived in New Orleans for fifty-four years, and for twenty-five years had been Secretary and Treasurer of the New Orleans and Carrolton Railroad Company. His attention to the affairs of the company was constant, and he saw many changes in the personnel of the officers during his many years of service.

Marked as widowed in the 1900 census.

1880 census:   Household:  Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

 Walter V. CROUCH   Self   M   Male    W   54   VA   R.R. Clerk    VA   VA    Mary CROUCH    Wife   M   Female   W   34   MS   Keeping House   NC   NC    Emely CROUCH    Dau    S   Female   W   13   LA   At School    VA   MS    William CROUCH    Son    S   Male    W   11   LA   At School    VA   MS    Thomas CROUCH    Son    S   Male   W    8   LA   At School    VA   MS    Walter CROUCH    Son    S   Male    W    2   LA   At Home    VA   MS    Mary CROUCH    Dau    S   Female   W   1M   LA   At Home   VA   MS 

 Mary FITZPATRICK   Other  S   Female   W   25   LA   Servant    IRE   IRE

New Orleans, Louisiana Directories, 1890-1891 ?about Walter V. Crouch Name: Walter V. Crouch Location 1: 17 Baronne Location 2: 74 Hillary, 7th district Business Name: N. O. and Carrollton R. R. Co. Occupation: secretary and treasurer Year: 1890 City: New Orleans State: LA

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