OBIT: Stephen HOLLINGER, 1866, Blair County, PA

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Died.

On Saturday, November 10th, 1866, at Altoona, Pa., S. Hollinger son of
James and Elizabeth Hollinger, aged 20 years.

He was an exemplary young man, loved for his kindness of heart, and
honorable demeanor.  During his prolonged sickness he gave abundant
evidence that he had found peace with his God.  He has won the prize;
and we hope and believe he is now enjoying the full fruition of a
blessed immortality.  Stephen was one of those brave young men who
shed such undying fame on their race during the late rebellion.  He
was a member of the Forty-third Regiment, United States Colored
Troops, and in that awful carnage before Petersburg was wounded to
mutilation and in addition to his wounds, he contracted, by exposure
to the camp, an affliction of the lungs, from which he never
recovered.  His fellow soldiers paid him the last tribute of respect,
-followed his mortal remains to their last resting-place, and buried
him with the honors of war.

The Christian Recorder, [Philadelphia, Pa.,], November 24, 1866

Floyd G. Hoenstine, Soldiers of Blair County, p. 208:
Hollinger, Stephen, Pvt. A, 13 U.S.C.T., 1842-1866, Eastern Light
cemetery, Altoona