general of volunteers, to rank from March 5, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on March 10, 1865. Cruft was mustered out on August 24, 1865. After the war he returned to his law practice with his old law partner, Colonel Baird. John Baird was Colonel of the 85th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. In Terre Haute, Cruft befriended businessman Chauncey Rose and aided in the founding of, and was an early manager of, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Cruft was an active Freemason, a member of Terre Haute Lodge No. 19, F&AM and served as Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Indiana, Knights Templar (Freemasonry) in 1873. He died at his home and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, . Indiana in the Civil War Wabash Valley Profiles 1826 births 1883 deaths People from Terre Haute, Indiana People of Indiana in the American Civil War Union Army generals Wabash College alumni