Charles Cronk

(c. 1841 - )
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 59th New York Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
Enlisted at age 20 on 20 October 1861 in Peekskill, and mustered in as Private, Company I, 59th New York Infantry on 10 December.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Reported absent, in hospital, at Frederick, MD until dropped from Company roll in June 1863, by order.

After the War:
In the 1889 directory of the Association of Survivors of the Regiment, his address was listed as Peekskill, NY.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of New York1. Thanks to Devan Sommerville for scrubbing through the Report and extracting and transcribing the roster data for AotW.

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 26 (for the year 1900) [AotW citation 8690]

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