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Philip Lininger
b.Abt 1842 Pennsylvania, United States
d.1 Jul 1863 Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
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m. Abt 1840
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Philip Lininger was killed around noon on July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. His brother John, who was wounded at the same time, later met Walt Whitman at a hospital in Washington, D.C.. Whitman recorded a few notes about their conversation(s):
Philip's final words were spoken in "Dutch," in reality a dialect of German, because the brothers were members of the Pennsylvania Dutch community. The charge that cost him his life was made in the vicinity of McPherson's Farm. Philip and John enlisted together on August 14, 1862 at Curwensville, PA and were mustered into Co. B of the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry at Harrisburg on Aug. 26.S1 References
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