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Joseph Hinger

Sgt., 75th Pa. Infantry, Company E

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Held as POW at Andersonville

Mustered in Aug. 27,1861, in Phila. at age 31, a carpenter. Wounded at Gettysburg July 4, 1863. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864. Captured Nov. 30, 1864, at Franklin, Tenn. Held at Andersonville. Released April 21, 1865, at Vicksburg, Miss. Recorded at Camp Discharge May 25, 1865. Discharged by general order June 13, 1865. Joined Veteran Reserve Corps.