Louis, whence they went to Tennessee, arriving at Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee, a couple of days after the Battle of Shiloh. The regiment was assigned to the division of General McArthur, with whom it served during the campaign, taking part in numerous skirmishes and the Battle of Corinth. About this time the Adjutant of the regiment resigned and Lieutenant Crane was appointed Adjutant, which position he held until the close of the war. Upon the organization of the Seventeenth Army Corps, Gen. J. B. McPherson commanding (afterwards killed before Atlanta), the regiment became one of the regiments of this Corps, taking part in the campaign before the Siege of Vicksburg. They participated in the siege, and the regiment, Lieut.-Col. Thomas MacMahon commanding, joined with others in making the first assault on the breastworks at Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. The regimental officers and men were most highly commended by their commanding officer. John Crane bore a distinguished part in this assault and was personally complimented by the general commanding. The Seventeenth Corps was part of the Army of the Tennessee under General Sherman and served in all its campaign before Atlanta and on the march to the sea. Notwithstanding the fact that John Crane was of a naturally impulsive nature, during the battle his ability to command and exercise a considerate supervision of his men was never affected. His bravery was characterized by unfaltering fearlessness, but never marred by recklessness. He remained in the service until the war was concluded. “In the year 1868 Mr. Crane engaged in business with Colonel MacMahon, to whom reference has been made. Later William A. MacMahon, who served in the same regiment, entered the business, which was conducted under the name of Crane & MacMahon at the time of Mr. Crane’s death, which occurred on April 8, 1908, in New York City. The tie that had been formed with the MacMahon brothers in the service was strengthened by Mr. Crane’s marriage to their sister in the year 1866. She still survives him.