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John Hilfinger
d.17 Feb 1863
Facts and Events
New York, Town Clerks’ Registers of Men who served in the Civil War (Ancestry.com),
City of Buffalo, image 258:
- John Helfinger of Buffalo, b 1834 Germany; Private, regiment 21, company K, Enlisted April 23, 1861 for 2 years; mustered in same day; occupation moulder; died February 17, 1863 [just 2 months shy of his service being up!]
But, NY Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900, 21st Infantry, A-J, 928-929, #536 (stamped), image 577 of 652 say this:
- Hilfinger, John
- Enlisted: P.R. 1 May 1861, Buffalo, NY 3 mos
- Enlisted [age 23] 4 May 1861, Elmira, NY 2 years
- Mustered in 20 May 1861, Private, 21st regiment infantry, company K “Left the organization”
- Died 1 Oct 1862, as corporal, at Armory Square Hospital, Washington DC of Febris Typhoides.
- Remarks: Promoted Corporal April 15, 1862.
- Pd by state from May 1 to 20.61 $6.96
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