The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-01
MAJOR. WALTER V. CROUCH
Well Known Former Richmond Man
Who Died in New Orleans.

Who Died in New Orleans.
| Major Walter Virginius Crouch. whose
| recent death in New Orleans was re-
| REchmond The Picayune speaks Of Ma jor
| Crouch as IAN esteemed and worthy
citizen and Christian gentleman" and
prints the following sketch of his life:
The deceased was a gallant soldier
and served throughout the Civil War
with distinction. He was a native of
Richmond Va, and was born in 1926
When twenty-one years of age he went
to Montgomery. Ala, where he resided
for several months. when he decided
to come to New Orleans, and ever since.
with the exception of the four years
service in the field with the Confederate
army he has resided here. In 1851 Mr..
Crouch was appointed assistant appraiser
of the port of New Orleans. and served
in that capacity for five years He then
retired from public life for a time and
enea Eed in commercial pursuits until
the war broke out. He was one of the
first to enlist in the service of the Con-
federacy and started to raise a COM
pany which afterwards became attached
to the Thirteenth Louisiana Volunteers.
and was known as Company H. His men
sought to have him as their captain, but
he declined in favor of Captain John w.
Iabouisse, but accepted the first lieu
tenancy in the company after the regl-
ment rea ched Virginia. Lieutenant Crouch
was made regimental commissary. with
the rank of captain, in which capacity
he served until after the battle of Chick
amauga when he was promoted to the
rank of major and was made brigadier
commissary 1t was at the battle of
Chickamauga that Captain Crouch
brought General Daniel w. Adams. who
was wounded, off the field under a nag
of truce. At the battle of Shiloh he was
wounded in the head. and when he re-
covered he returned TO his brigade and
participated in the battle of Perryvllle,
| Ga. and in every engagement in the
| sampaign from Dalton. Ga, to Atlanta
| and Jonesboro. as we'll as in the battles
! at Franklin, Nashville and Spanish Fort
He surrendered at Meridian in 1865. and
returned to New Orleans. where he be-
came associated in business with the
| late General j. B. Hood as commits
sion merchant, and subsequently, IN the
insurance business.
Upon retiring from these. after the
death of General Hood he obtained en-
plovment vita the New Orleans and Car
rollton Railroad Company. and upon the
death in 1876. of Mr.. Mcbride. the secre-
tarN and Treasurer Of the company, Ma
ior Crouch succeeded him and held this
position until the day of his death. and
under all the various administrations OF
the company. He was connected with
this road when the old steam trains We're
operated on the system from the depot
at the corner of Barronne and Perdido
Streets TO Lake Pontchartrain Then St.
Charles Street. above Louisiana. Avenue.
was comparatively wilderness and
where now stand palatial residences there
was a succession of open fields. pastures
or prairie. a few scattered residences
were to be found here ana there between
New Orleans and Carrollton. and 1t was
only along the river front that the houses
we~< CoSe toSethoI, - hat TINE horse