Civil War service, Co. E, 86th Regiment Indiana Infantry.
There were five Cronkhite cousins in Co. E: Stephen and Hosea, sons of Enoch; Luke and Henry, sons of Elijah; and Levi, son of Cornelius. Steve, the color bearer, was wounded and Henry was killed at Missionary Ridge.
KENNESAW MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGN
“The skirmishing was lively during the entire forenoon between the Eighty-sixth skirmishers and the enemy. Luke Cronkhite, of Company E, was quite severely wounded in the wrist while on the skirmish line that morning [of June 21, 1864]. It was a severe and extremely painful wound, and few, if any, expected it to prove fatal. But in a few weeks word came to the regiment that he died at Louisville on the 9th of August.”
—The Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry (1895), 388-9.
There were five Cronkhite cousins in Co. E: Stephen and Hosea, sons of Enoch; Luke and Henry, sons of Elijah; and Levi, son of Cornelius. Steve, the color bearer, was wounded and Henry was killed at Missionary Ridge.
KENNESAW MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGN
“The skirmishing was lively during the entire forenoon between the Eighty-sixth skirmishers and the enemy. Luke Cronkhite, of Company E, was quite severely wounded in the wrist while on the skirmish line that morning [of June 21, 1864]. It was a severe and extremely painful wound, and few, if any, expected it to prove fatal. But in a few weeks word came to the regiment that he died at Louisville on the 9th of August.”
—The Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry (1895), 388-9.
Civil War service, Co. E, 86th Regiment Indiana Infantry.
There were five Cronkhite cousins in Co. E: Stephen and Hosea, sons of Enoch; Luke and Henry, sons of Elijah; and Levi, son of Cornelius. Steve, the color bearer, was wounded and Henry was killed at Missionary Ridge.
KENNESAW MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGN
“The skirmishing was lively during the entire forenoon between the Eighty-sixth skirmishers and the enemy. Luke Cronkhite, of Company E, was quite severely wounded in the wrist while on the skirmish line that morning [of June 21, 1864]. It was a severe and extremely painful wound, and few, if any, expected it to prove fatal. But in a few weeks word came to the regiment that he died at Louisville on the 9th of August.”
—The Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry (1895), 388-9.
There were five Cronkhite cousins in Co. E: Stephen and Hosea, sons of Enoch; Luke and Henry, sons of Elijah; and Levi, son of Cornelius. Steve, the color bearer, was wounded and Henry was killed at Missionary Ridge.
KENNESAW MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGN
“The skirmishing was lively during the entire forenoon between the Eighty-sixth skirmishers and the enemy. Luke Cronkhite, of Company E, was quite severely wounded in the wrist while on the skirmish line that morning [of June 21, 1864]. It was a severe and extremely painful wound, and few, if any, expected it to prove fatal. But in a few weeks word came to the regiment that he died at Louisville on the 9th of August.”
—The Eighty-Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry (1895), 388-9.
Inscription
LUKE,
son of
Elijah & Martha
CRONKHITE,
A member of Co. E,
86th Reg. Ind. Vol's.
was wounded at
KENESAW Mtn Ga.
June 24, 1864,
and Died at
Louisville, Ky.
Aug. 8, 1864.
AGED
21 Yrs, 4 Mo.
7 Days.
Family Members
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