Death of Col. Geo. Wyncoop
Death of Col. Geo. Wyncoop.

Death of Col. Geo. Wyncoop.

    We have the painful intelligence of the death of Col. Geo. Wyncoop, late of the 89th [sic] Pennsylvania Vols., in the Kansas City Journal, which says that his remains were deposited in the cemetery of that city on the 30th ult. Colonel Wyncoop was a native of Philadelphia, and at one time Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Eastern Division of Pennsylvania. As early as 1859 he emigrated to Colorado, where he remained until the breaking out of the war. On his return he promptly entered the service of his country, and by good conduct and gallant bearing, won his way from a subordidate [sic] position to the colonelcy of his regiment. At the battle of Fredericksburg, he was three times severely wounded while commanding a brigade under General Burnside. Recently he accompanied his brother, Major E. W. Wyncoop, to Fort Zarah, as one of the peace commissioners to treat with the Indians. On his way to the states he was taken sick, and on the 3d ult. died thirty-five miles from Kansas City. His remains were taken there and kindly cared for by his old friends and the Masonic fraternity. In the death of Col. Wyncoop, society loses a bright ornament, and the country a brave and gallant soldier. He was the soul of honor, revered and respected by all who knew him.


Source:

Unknown, "Death of Col. Geo. Wyncoop," Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Co., Thursday, 9 August, 1866, Page 4, column 2.

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