Company E "Hancock Volunteers" of Hancock County, 15th Georgia Infantry, Benning's Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Hancock County GA.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on 8/7/1861, he was mustered into "E" Co. GA 15th Infantry as a Private at Manassas, VA.
Hospitalized 3/18/1862-4/27/1862 Chimborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond, Va. for pneumonia.
He died of disease contracted during the Battle of The Wilderness, Va.
On 10/27/1864, on behalf of his widowed mother, Elizabeth Franks, Attorney William A. Walton filed a settlement claim.
The 15th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.
Residence Hancock County GA.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on 8/7/1861, he was mustered into "E" Co. GA 15th Infantry as a Private at Manassas, VA.
Hospitalized 3/18/1862-4/27/1862 Chimborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond, Va. for pneumonia.
He died of disease contracted during the Battle of The Wilderness, Va.
On 10/27/1864, on behalf of his widowed mother, Elizabeth Franks, Attorney William A. Walton filed a settlement claim.
The 15th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.
Company E "Hancock Volunteers" of Hancock County, 15th Georgia Infantry, Benning's Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Hancock County GA.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on 8/7/1861, he was mustered into "E" Co. GA 15th Infantry as a Private at Manassas, VA.
Hospitalized 3/18/1862-4/27/1862 Chimborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond, Va. for pneumonia.
He died of disease contracted during the Battle of The Wilderness, Va.
On 10/27/1864, on behalf of his widowed mother, Elizabeth Franks, Attorney William A. Walton filed a settlement claim.
The 15th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.
Residence Hancock County GA.
Enlisted for the duration of the war on 8/7/1861, he was mustered into "E" Co. GA 15th Infantry as a Private at Manassas, VA.
Hospitalized 3/18/1862-4/27/1862 Chimborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond, Va. for pneumonia.
He died of disease contracted during the Battle of The Wilderness, Va.
On 10/27/1864, on behalf of his widowed mother, Elizabeth Franks, Attorney William A. Walton filed a settlement claim.
The 15th Infantry Regiment, organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties.
Bio by: BigFrench
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J.C. FRANKS
F15 GA
Gravesite Details
Originally buried in Mrs. Pulliam's field, south of her house.
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