David Dieffeubaugh

Gravestone of David Dieffeubaugh in Gettysburg National Cemetery

NPS Photo

Quick Facts

Significance:

8th Cavalry, Company G

Place of Birth:

Lancaster County, PA

Date of Birth:

August 28, 1835

Place of Death:

Gettysburg, PA

Date of Death:

July 1, 1863

Place of Burial:

Illinois, Row A, Site #4

Cemetery Name:

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Illinois, Row A, Site #4

David was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where he was a painter. He enlisted September, 1861. While serving as an orderly to Colonel William Gamble, David was killed in action by a shot to the head, July 1, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth (married August 1857) and his son George, age 3.

 

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