Andrew Crouch

Andrew Crouch was a Union sympathizer from Texas. During the siege of the Alamo, Crouch learned that Texas Militia leader Colonel Ben McCulloch planned to launch a night-time attack on the Union garrison led by Lt. Colonel Robert E. Lee inside the Alamo. Crouch rode out in advance of the attack, and managed to sneak in and give a warning. He volunteered to stay and fight. Lee gave him the rank of private.

During the attack, Crouch acquitted himself well, leading Lee to suggest to his second-in-command, Major George Thomas, that Crouch might received a quick promotion to corporal.