George H. Deitz
Sergeant of Company I
Sergeant Major of the Regiment
1st Lieutenant of Company E
George Deitz enlisted August 29, 1862 at the age of 22 as a
Sergeant. He was reduced to Corporal on March 23, 1863 and promoted to
Sergeant on July 1, 1863. He was promoted to Sergeant Major May 1, 1864.
He was wounded in the face and neck slightly at Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee on November 24, 1864.
He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in Company E on
August 20, 1864, commission dated July 14, 1864, rank July 5, 1864. He was
promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Company E May 10, 1865, commission
dated April 22, 1865, rank April 28, 1865, and mustered out with Company
E. Brevetted Captain.
After the war he was a coal merchant and lived in Liverpool, New
York.
