Civil War Union Army Officer. Born in Dover Township, York County, he was a school teacher prior to the Civil War. When that conflict started, he offered his services, and was appointed as a 1st Lieutenant in Company H, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves on May 8, 1861. Promoted to Captain and commander of the Company on June 28, 1861, he served until he resigned on November 30, 1861, with a statement of "feeling it due to myself to sever my connection with the regiment." On August 9, 1862 he rejoined the Union war effort, being commissioned as a Captain in the 130th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. However, a few days later (August 17) he was advanced to Colonel and commander of the regiment. He led his men at the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam, Maryland, where the unit lost 178 men killed, wounded and missing while fighting on the north side of the infamous Bloody Lane. At the December 13, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, his regiment was part of the first of 5 futile assaults on Confederate positions at Marye's Heights. There Colonel Zinn was attempting to rally his men in the assault when he was shot down and killed.
Civil War Union Army Officer. Born in Dover Township, York County, he was a school teacher prior to the Civil War. When that conflict started, he offered his services, and was appointed as a 1st Lieutenant in Company H, 7th Pennsylvania Reserves on May 8, 1861. Promoted to Captain and commander of the Company on June 28, 1861, he served until he resigned on November 30, 1861, with a statement of "feeling it due to myself to sever my connection with the regiment." On August 9, 1862 he rejoined the Union war effort, being commissioned as a Captain in the 130th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. However, a few days later (August 17) he was advanced to Colonel and commander of the regiment. He led his men at the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam, Maryland, where the unit lost 178 men killed, wounded and missing while fighting on the north side of the infamous Bloody Lane. At the December 13, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, his regiment was part of the first of 5 futile assaults on Confederate positions at Marye's Heights. There Colonel Zinn was attempting to rally his men in the assault when he was shot down and killed.
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