From Mercer County, Pennsylvania, John Crooks enlisted as a Private in Company G, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on August 31, 1861. Eventually promoted to First Sergeant.
John Crooks was mortally wounded by gunshot to the shoulder, probably in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on September 14 , 1862. He was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on September 17, 1862, but died of his wounds on October 4, 1862.
Prior to his death, he married Nancy Carmichael (1836-1917) and they had a son, John William Crooks.
References
Wound and hospital details from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Terry Reimer, "Frederick Patient List" (online database, 2018)
Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, 1869, History of Antietam National Cemetery: Baltimore, MD, John W. Woods, Steam Printer
Bates, S.P., 1869-1871, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5: B. Singerly, State Printer, Harrisburg, PA.
National Parks Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Pennsylvania State Archives, Archives Records Information Access System
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Note: The VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator Service states that his name is George W. Crooks, of Co. G, 100th PVI. In History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5, by Samuel P. Bates, he is listed as John W. Crooks, Co. G, 100th PVI. This name matches his gravestone, so the Nationwide Gravesite Locator Service is probably in error.
Note: Bates states that John W. Crooks died on September 17, 1862. The wound and hospital details from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
John Crooks was mortally wounded by gunshot to the shoulder, probably in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on September 14 , 1862. He was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on September 17, 1862, but died of his wounds on October 4, 1862.
Prior to his death, he married Nancy Carmichael (1836-1917) and they had a son, John William Crooks.
References
Wound and hospital details from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Terry Reimer, "Frederick Patient List" (online database, 2018)
Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, 1869, History of Antietam National Cemetery: Baltimore, MD, John W. Woods, Steam Printer
Bates, S.P., 1869-1871, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5: B. Singerly, State Printer, Harrisburg, PA.
National Parks Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Pennsylvania State Archives, Archives Records Information Access System
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Note: The VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator Service states that his name is George W. Crooks, of Co. G, 100th PVI. In History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5, by Samuel P. Bates, he is listed as John W. Crooks, Co. G, 100th PVI. This name matches his gravestone, so the Nationwide Gravesite Locator Service is probably in error.
Note: Bates states that John W. Crooks died on September 17, 1862. The wound and hospital details from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
From Mercer County, Pennsylvania, John Crooks enlisted as a Private in Company G, 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on August 31, 1861. Eventually promoted to First Sergeant.
John Crooks was mortally wounded by gunshot to the shoulder, probably in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on September 14 , 1862. He was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on September 17, 1862, but died of his wounds on October 4, 1862.
Prior to his death, he married Nancy Carmichael (1836-1917) and they had a son, John William Crooks.
References
Wound and hospital details from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Terry Reimer, "Frederick Patient List" (online database, 2018)
Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, 1869, History of Antietam National Cemetery: Baltimore, MD, John W. Woods, Steam Printer
Bates, S.P., 1869-1871, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5: B. Singerly, State Printer, Harrisburg, PA.
National Parks Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Pennsylvania State Archives, Archives Records Information Access System
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Note: The VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator Service states that his name is George W. Crooks, of Co. G, 100th PVI. In History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5, by Samuel P. Bates, he is listed as John W. Crooks, Co. G, 100th PVI. This name matches his gravestone, so the Nationwide Gravesite Locator Service is probably in error.
Note: Bates states that John W. Crooks died on September 17, 1862. The wound and hospital details from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
John Crooks was mortally wounded by gunshot to the shoulder, probably in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain, MD on September 14 , 1862. He was admitted to a US Army hospital in Frederick, MD on September 17, 1862, but died of his wounds on October 4, 1862.
Prior to his death, he married Nancy Carmichael (1836-1917) and they had a son, John William Crooks.
References
Wound and hospital details from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Terry Reimer, "Frederick Patient List" (online database, 2018)
Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, 1869, History of Antietam National Cemetery: Baltimore, MD, John W. Woods, Steam Printer
Bates, S.P., 1869-1871, History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5: B. Singerly, State Printer, Harrisburg, PA.
National Parks Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Pennsylvania State Archives, Archives Records Information Access System
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Note: The VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator Service states that his name is George W. Crooks, of Co. G, 100th PVI. In History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5, by Samuel P. Bates, he is listed as John W. Crooks, Co. G, 100th PVI. This name matches his gravestone, so the Nationwide Gravesite Locator Service is probably in error.
Note: Bates states that John W. Crooks died on September 17, 1862. The wound and hospital details from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
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