Philipp Diefenthaler
b. circa 1839, d. 1 July 1863
- He likely arrived in the Port of New York from Havre on 10 April 1860 aboard the three-masted, square-rigged packet sailing ship William Tell. Fellow travelers were Barbara Berg and Wilhelm and Walbine? Jung.
- Philipp Diefenthaler was born circa 1839 in Rheinhessen.
- During the Civil War, Philipp Diefenthaler was a member of Company H, 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, GAR. He enlisted as a private on 26 August 1862, and died as a corporal at Gettysburg.
- Philipp Diefenthaler died on 1 July 1863 killed in action at Gettysburg.
- Was Philipp a son of John and Catharine Diefenthaler? Although he is living nearby in 1860, he does not apear with the family on the 1843 passenger list with them (would have been about age four).
- Last Edited: 3 Apr 2010