CIVIL WAR VETERAN. SERVED WITH CO B 158TH PA INFANTRY.
The son of Frederick Kunkle & Mary Ann (Wilson) Zullinger, in 1860, he was a laborer living in Guilford Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Chambersburg as a substitute (records claim drafted, but he was underage and admitted to being 17 - although he was actually 16) October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Chambersburg November 4 as a private with Co. B, 158th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 12, 1863. He also enlisted in Chambersburg February 2, 1864, mustered there February 10 as a private with Co. D, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), transferred to Co. F, 148th Pennsylvania Infantry, December 21, 1864, transferred again to Co. G, 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 30, 1865, although he is also listed as deserting at Norristown, Montgomery County.
He married Alta M. Stouffer in 1867 and fathered Minnie (b. 11/19/74), Willis W. (b. 07/??/77), Rose (b. 11/??/79), and George Stouffer (b. 01/03/92) [?].
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Alta M Stouffer Zullinger (1868 - 1916)*
*Calculated relationship
