Frank Brooks enlisted in Co. H, 97th Illinois Vol. Infantry for three years at Delhi, Jersey County, Ill. on 13 August 1862. The "Company Descriptive Book" describes him as being 19 years old, 5' 9" tall, with a light complexion, hazel eyes and light hair. His place of birth is given as "Vega Co., Ind." and his occupation as farmer. In the Remarks section of the same document is noted that he "Took part in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Fort Gibson, Siege of Vicksburg, Expedition to Jackson, Jul '63.
Mustered Sept. 8/62 at Camp Butler, Ill., Lt. F. E. de Courcey."
Although I have no definite proof at present when and where A. Franklin "Frank" Brooks died, he is buried at Upper Alton (formerly Oakwood) Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, with a U.S. government tombstone, on the Brook family plot.
His sister, Adaline M. Brooks Hurd wrote a letter to the pension office in an attempt to collect a pension based on Frank's service and the service of their sibling, Henry. In the letter, Adaline claimed that Frank died as a soldier at Springfield. As his military record for his Civil War service shows that he was discharged at Camp Butler in Sangamon County, which is where Springfield is located, it seems likely that he died shortly after he was discharged. In any case it is probable that he either died away from Upper Alton while his mother was living, because she was obviously adamant about having her sons brought there for burial, or that he had returned to Alton and had died there, probably by 1870.
To complicate matters, there is a pension file based on Franklin's service, but the person to whom the pension was granted was not Franklin Brooks- which was probably to this person's detriment since he served in a higher rank.
Mustered Sept. 8/62 at Camp Butler, Ill., Lt. F. E. de Courcey."
Although I have no definite proof at present when and where A. Franklin "Frank" Brooks died, he is buried at Upper Alton (formerly Oakwood) Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, with a U.S. government tombstone, on the Brook family plot.
His sister, Adaline M. Brooks Hurd wrote a letter to the pension office in an attempt to collect a pension based on Frank's service and the service of their sibling, Henry. In the letter, Adaline claimed that Frank died as a soldier at Springfield. As his military record for his Civil War service shows that he was discharged at Camp Butler in Sangamon County, which is where Springfield is located, it seems likely that he died shortly after he was discharged. In any case it is probable that he either died away from Upper Alton while his mother was living, because she was obviously adamant about having her sons brought there for burial, or that he had returned to Alton and had died there, probably by 1870.
To complicate matters, there is a pension file based on Franklin's service, but the person to whom the pension was granted was not Franklin Brooks- which was probably to this person's detriment since he served in a higher rank.
Frank Brooks enlisted in Co. H, 97th Illinois Vol. Infantry for three years at Delhi, Jersey County, Ill. on 13 August 1862. The "Company Descriptive Book" describes him as being 19 years old, 5' 9" tall, with a light complexion, hazel eyes and light hair. His place of birth is given as "Vega Co., Ind." and his occupation as farmer. In the Remarks section of the same document is noted that he "Took part in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Fort Gibson, Siege of Vicksburg, Expedition to Jackson, Jul '63.
Mustered Sept. 8/62 at Camp Butler, Ill., Lt. F. E. de Courcey."
Although I have no definite proof at present when and where A. Franklin "Frank" Brooks died, he is buried at Upper Alton (formerly Oakwood) Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, with a U.S. government tombstone, on the Brook family plot.
His sister, Adaline M. Brooks Hurd wrote a letter to the pension office in an attempt to collect a pension based on Frank's service and the service of their sibling, Henry. In the letter, Adaline claimed that Frank died as a soldier at Springfield. As his military record for his Civil War service shows that he was discharged at Camp Butler in Sangamon County, which is where Springfield is located, it seems likely that he died shortly after he was discharged. In any case it is probable that he either died away from Upper Alton while his mother was living, because she was obviously adamant about having her sons brought there for burial, or that he had returned to Alton and had died there, probably by 1870.
To complicate matters, there is a pension file based on Franklin's service, but the person to whom the pension was granted was not Franklin Brooks- which was probably to this person's detriment since he served in a higher rank.
Mustered Sept. 8/62 at Camp Butler, Ill., Lt. F. E. de Courcey."
Although I have no definite proof at present when and where A. Franklin "Frank" Brooks died, he is buried at Upper Alton (formerly Oakwood) Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, with a U.S. government tombstone, on the Brook family plot.
His sister, Adaline M. Brooks Hurd wrote a letter to the pension office in an attempt to collect a pension based on Frank's service and the service of their sibling, Henry. In the letter, Adaline claimed that Frank died as a soldier at Springfield. As his military record for his Civil War service shows that he was discharged at Camp Butler in Sangamon County, which is where Springfield is located, it seems likely that he died shortly after he was discharged. In any case it is probable that he either died away from Upper Alton while his mother was living, because she was obviously adamant about having her sons brought there for burial, or that he had returned to Alton and had died there, probably by 1870.
To complicate matters, there is a pension file based on Franklin's service, but the person to whom the pension was granted was not Franklin Brooks- which was probably to this person's detriment since he served in a higher rank.
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