William Mintzer

Brigadier-General

U. S. Volunteers

Service:

 

Quarter Master Sergeant, 4th Pennsylvania Volunteers

Captain, Provost Martial, Staff of Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock

Colonel, 53d Pennsylvania Volunteers

 

Brevets:

 

Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant and

meritorious service.

 

Born:  June 7, 1837 North Coventry Township, Chester County

 

Died:  March 31, 1916, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Occupation:  Machinist before the war, Postmaster and Coal Agent after the war

 

Buried:  Edgewood Cemetery Pottstown (Section 5, Lot 2)

 

Source:  Hunt, Roger D. & Brown, Jack R. Brevet Brigadiers in Blue, Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldiers Books, 1990.

 

 

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