George Zinn was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War.[1] He was promoted to brevet brigadier general of volunteers on April 6, 1865.[citation needed]
Civil War[]
George Zinn served as colonel of the 57th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment of the Union Army.[2] Earlier, he had served as the second lieutenant of Pennsylvania Company B at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Family[]
Zinn's son, Captain George Zinn, demonstrated the Browning machine gun to the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. His grandson George Zinn was a pilot who was killed during a mid-air collision over Trenton, New Jersey.[citation needed]
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References[]
- ↑ Nicholson, John (1904). Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Harrisburg. pp. 466. http://books.google.com/books?id=D9efAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA466&lpg=PA466&dq=general+George+Zinn&source=bl&ots=-rQL_ox-oQ&sig=bqNhj8_jwvr3MUvoi4NGastNsiA&hl=en&ei=trHsSaXHE4uSMqjDudUF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#PPA466,M1.
- ↑ Yoseloff, Thomas (1956). Battles & Leaders of the Civil War. 4. pp. 748. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/books/battles/vol4/pageview.cfm?page=748.