George W. Bittinger
Name: George W. Bittinger
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 2nd PA Arty., 112th Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 10/30/1862
Company: Battery C
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Deserted: Fort Bunker Hill. 12/24/1862; wounded, 09-00-1864 To 07-22-1865; Returned to duty, 03-15-1864. No detail given to specifics of wound; Discharge: Fort Monroe, Va., by reason of medical disability. 8/14/1865
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
