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Corp William Lindsey Franklin

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Corp William Lindsey Franklin

Birth
Owen County, Indiana, USA
Death
3 May 1912 (aged 73)
Greene County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 1, Lot 54
Memorial ID
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Civil War Veteran
CO E 39th Iowa Infantry

Franklin, William
Age 23.
Residence Rippey,IA
Nativity Indiana.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 3, 1862.
Promoted Corporal Jan. 2, 1864;
Taken prisoner Oct. 5, 1864, Allatoona, Ga. Paroled.
Mustered out June 5, 1865, Washington, D. C.

The 39th Iowa Infantry participated in the following battles and campaigns as well as many others perhaps less well known during his enlistment : Parker's Cross Roads Dec 62, Corinth,MS,63 Cherokee Station, AL, Resaca,GA, Lay's Ferry, May 64, Allatoona, Ga Oct 64, Shermans March to the Sea, Ogeechee Canal, Siege of Savannah Dec 64, Salkehatchie Swamps S.C., Bentonville,N.C. Mar 65 Goldsboro and occupation of Raleigh. Surrender of Johnston and his army, Grand Review Washington DC May 24 1865.

Civil War Veteran
CO E 39th Iowa Infantry

Franklin, William
Age 23.
Residence Rippey,IA
Nativity Indiana.
Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 3, 1862.
Promoted Corporal Jan. 2, 1864;
Taken prisoner Oct. 5, 1864, Allatoona, Ga. Paroled.
Mustered out June 5, 1865, Washington, D. C.

The 39th Iowa Infantry participated in the following battles and campaigns as well as many others perhaps less well known during his enlistment : Parker's Cross Roads Dec 62, Corinth,MS,63 Cherokee Station, AL, Resaca,GA, Lay's Ferry, May 64, Allatoona, Ga Oct 64, Shermans March to the Sea, Ogeechee Canal, Siege of Savannah Dec 64, Salkehatchie Swamps S.C., Bentonville,N.C. Mar 65 Goldsboro and occupation of Raleigh. Surrender of Johnston and his army, Grand Review Washington DC May 24 1865.

Gravesite Details

Burial location/dates from 1930s WPA Graves Registration Survey



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