George Daniel Klumpp
George Daniel Klumpp was born around 1840 in present-day Germany. He eventually immigrated to America and settled in East Otto, New York. He earned a living as a farmer.
He enlisted in the Union army on May 9, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Company I of the 37th New York Infantry. He was wounded in the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5, 1862, but he eventually recovered and rejoined the regiment. He mustered out on June 22, 1863.
Klumpp returned to East Otto after the war. He applied for a federal pension in May 1886 and eventually secured one. By 1890, he was suffering from deafness. He died sometime after 1890.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3244) | Klumpp, George Daniel | 1840 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3821) [writer] ~ George D. Klumpp to Friend, 30 January 1863
Places - Records: 1
- (1110) [birth] ~ Germany
Regiments - Records: 1
- (911) [enlisted] [I] ~ 37th New York Infantry
SOURCES
Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; 1890 Veterans Census, available from Ancestry.com.
