William B. Franklin
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 121 years ago |
Date of birth | February 27,1823 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | York |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | March 8,1903 |
Died | Hartford |
Connecticut | |
United States | |
Parents | Walter S. Franklin |
Years of service | 1843–1865 |
Battles and wars | American Civil War |
Battle of White Oak Swamp | |
Year of servic | 1843–1865 |
Place of burial | Prospect Hill Cemetery, North York, Pennsylvania, United States |
Education | United States Military Academy |
Rank | Major General |
Books | A Reply of Maj.-Gen. William B. Franklin: To the Report of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Conduct of the War, Submitted to the Public on the 6th of April, 1863 ... |
Command held | VI Corps |
XIX Corps | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 583244 |
William B. Franklin Life story
William Buel Franklin was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, fighting in several notable battles in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War.