Henry I Zinn

A schoolteacher living in Allen, PA before the War, he mustered in the 7th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps/36th Regiment on 28 May 1861 as First Lieutenant, Company H. He was promoted to Captain of the Company on 28 June, but resigned 30 November. He took a commission as Captain of Company F of the 130th Infantry on 16 August 1862 and was appointed Colonel of the regiment the next day.

He saw action with them at Groveton and Chantilly prior to the Maryland Campaign.

He commanded the Regiment in action in the Sunken Road and his horse was killed under him there.

In his after-battle report on Fredericksburg on December 18, 1862, Gen. William H. French (commanding Division) said:

I call to the special notice of the general commanding the gallant conduct of Col. H. I. Zinn, One hundred and thirtieth Pennsylvania Volunteers. This officer, conspicuous for his valor at Antietam, was killed while carrying the colors of his regiment to the front, after the standard-bearer had fallen.1

Military service data is from Bates2, with birth and burial information from genealogist Hugh F. Clifford's Ancestors and Descendants of Conrad Zinn. The photograph here is from a cased photo owned by John D. Hemminger as reproduced in Fredericksburg3.

12/08/1834; York County, PA

12/13/1862; Fredericksburg, VA; burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Cumberland Co., PA