About George Zinn
Lived 1842 – 1889 (aged 46–47). George Zinn was a military officer.
George Zinn (1842 – April 25, 1899) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. President Andrew Johnson nominated him on January 13, 1866 for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from April 6, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.
Early life
George Zinn was born in 1842 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was promoted to captain on October 2, 1862 and to lieutenant colonel on August 1, 1864.
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.
Death George Zinn died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on April 25, 1899. He was interred in Harrisburg Cemetery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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George Zinn died in 1889.
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