William Mintzer
Brigadier-General
- US. Volunteers
Service:
Quarter Master Sergeant, 4th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Captain, Provost Martial, Staff of Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock
Colonel, 53d Pennsylvania Volunteers
Brevets:
Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant and
meritorious service.
Born: June 7, 1837 North Coventry Township, Chester County
Died: March 31, 1916, Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation: Machinist before the war, Postmaster and Coal Agent after the war
Buried: Edgewood Cemetery Pottstown (Section 5, Lot 2)
Source: Hunt, Roger D. & Brown, Jack R. Brevet Brigadiers in Blue, Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldiers Books, 1990.