George Zinn

George Zinn (1842 – April 25, 1899) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. President Andrew Johnson nominated him on January 13, 1866 for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from April 6, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. Early life George Zinn was born in 1842 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was a hardware merchant before the American Civil War. Civil War