Stapleton Crutchfield [SEP] conflict
Stapleton Crutchfield
Stapleton Crutchfield served as a Confederate artillerist in the American Civil War. He was closely associated with Stonewall Jackson until Jackson’s death. Crutchfield lost a leg in battle, removing him from service in the field. He returned to field in the last campaign in Virginia, losing his life in the Battle of Sailor's Creek.
Pre-War.
Stapleton Crutchfield junior was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on June 21, 1835. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, where Thomas J. Jackson was one
Field's relatives had held several slaves, which Field immediately emancipated on his inheritance. In 1834 Field voted against the entire town of Jeffersonville opposing a proposition to expel the freed negroes, and had to barricade his house against a mob. Field was related to the abolitionist Stapleton Crutchfield. Field went further than Crutchfield and aided fugitive slaves in the Underground Railroad. He also opposed capital punishment.
Religious views.
In 1830 he established the first Campbellite church in Jeffersonville, which he served as pastor for 17 years without taking