Finding Aid to Lynchburg's Petit Military Argosy by Edley Craighill

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
LYNCHBURG'S PETIT MILITARY ARGOSY
by Edley Craighill
This is a typescript of a history of Lynchburg during various wars, written in 1939. It
especially concentrates on the Civil War & World War I.
EDLEY CRAIGHILL (1894-1974)
Edley Craighill was born on 15 July of 1894, the son of Robert Edley and Nannie
Hutter Craighill. He was the grandson of Col. Robert Craighill, CSA, and Edley Hobson
Craighill, and of Edward Sixtus and Anne Frances Langhorne Hutter.
Craighill was married to Julia Payne Howard on 7 January 1918. Mrs. Craighill was
the daughter of Volney Edward and Blanche Withers Howard. Mr. Howard was a
Lynchburg attorney.
Col. Craighill enlisted in the U.S. Army and served on the Mexican border in 1916. In
World War I, he served in the 317th Infantry in France. During World War II, he was in
the 29th Division and commanded the 115th Regiment. He was decorated for valor with
medals, including the Croix de Guerre. Craighill retired from the Army in 1954, and
worked in the City of Lynchburg's public works department as Resident Public Works
Administration engineer and as consultant engineer from 1961 to 1966. Edley Craighill
died on 23 December 1974, and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery.
He had been a charter member of Grace Memorial Episcopal Church of Lynchburg,
Virginia.
[The News (Lynchburg, Va) 10 September 1954; 24 December 1974, B-3; 1900 U.S. Census, Lynchburg,
VA, p. 29, Line 83, National Archives Microfilm T-623, Roll 1734. Wood, Eveline J. "Descendants of
James Beverly Risque" (Lynchburg, VA: author, 1992), FF1700, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg,
Virginia.]

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