**updated Sep 2016 By Jon Brines**
Franklin Brines a Wabash County farmer who joined the effort to preserve the union. Born 15 Oct 1835 in Lancaster, Wabash County, Illinois he was the son of Lyman Brines 1802-1863 and Maria Holmes 1807-1898. He was the middle child of a dozen born to the couple. He farmed his parents large Lancaster area farm until well into his twenties. In 1860 he was said to have real estate worth $1,000, a fifth of what his father owned.
At age 26 he joined the Civil War raging to save the union. On 14 August 1862, after a recruiting group came to Friendsville to drum up support and volunteers, Franklin Brines joined Company C of the 115th Illinois. The unit would march to the sea with Sherman via Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta. However Franklin Brines deserted the unit in Danville, KY in Jan 1863 before any of that occurred. He was in long enough to get trained and equipped but not long enough to see combat. The 115th was on their way south to their first engagements when they stopped in Danville where many of the Civil War wounded were being cared for in various hospitals. Franklin is not here to defend himself but perhaps he took one look at the dead and dying and the missing limbs and it was too much of a reality check. Another theory; his father passed away in May of the same year and perhaps he got word that he was ill and needed to return to run the farm. We will never know what went through his mind, but what is certain, is the severity of his situation. He was officially drawn up on charges. After hearing from four witnesses from his fellow soldiers (also neighbors in Wabash County, Il) the jury of his peers found him guilty of desertion March 29, 1865. In the United States, before the Civil War, deserters from the Army were usually flogged. After 1861 tattoos or branding were also adopted. The maximum U.S. penalty for desertion in wartime was execution. But Frank did not face death or flogging, rather they hit him in the pocketbook. He was ordered to payback the government for the two years and three months that he was absent and was ordered back to the Army. He was transferred into Company A, 21st Regiment of the Illinois Infantry serving from June 10, 1865 to Dec 16, 1865.
The 21st was assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps, the Brigade and did not see much action as the civil war was now won by the union. The Fourth Army Corps was sent to Texas by way of New Orleans; camped two weeks on the old battle ground at New Orleans; embarked on a vessel for Matagorda Bay; disembarked for Victoria, thence to San Antonia, where the Regiment was mustered out December 16, 1865.
Arrived at Camp Butler January 18, 1866, for final payment and discharge.
He returned to the farm in Illionis. Frank never married but took care of his widowed mother and helped care for his two adult unmarried sisters; Charlotte Ellen and Rebecca Jane. A Wabash county history book in 1883 described Frank as a "farmer and breeder of fine stock" in Friend Grove.
He died unwed May 2, 1915 in Wabash County, IL at the age of 79.
Sources: US Census Records, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois 1900-1902, Illinois Historical & Wabash County, Illinois Biographical, edited by Risley, 1911 p.691-692, Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois 1883
Franklin Brines a Wabash County farmer who joined the effort to preserve the union. Born 15 Oct 1835 in Lancaster, Wabash County, Illinois he was the son of Lyman Brines 1802-1863 and Maria Holmes 1807-1898. He was the middle child of a dozen born to the couple. He farmed his parents large Lancaster area farm until well into his twenties. In 1860 he was said to have real estate worth $1,000, a fifth of what his father owned.
At age 26 he joined the Civil War raging to save the union. On 14 August 1862, after a recruiting group came to Friendsville to drum up support and volunteers, Franklin Brines joined Company C of the 115th Illinois. The unit would march to the sea with Sherman via Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta. However Franklin Brines deserted the unit in Danville, KY in Jan 1863 before any of that occurred. He was in long enough to get trained and equipped but not long enough to see combat. The 115th was on their way south to their first engagements when they stopped in Danville where many of the Civil War wounded were being cared for in various hospitals. Franklin is not here to defend himself but perhaps he took one look at the dead and dying and the missing limbs and it was too much of a reality check. Another theory; his father passed away in May of the same year and perhaps he got word that he was ill and needed to return to run the farm. We will never know what went through his mind, but what is certain, is the severity of his situation. He was officially drawn up on charges. After hearing from four witnesses from his fellow soldiers (also neighbors in Wabash County, Il) the jury of his peers found him guilty of desertion March 29, 1865. In the United States, before the Civil War, deserters from the Army were usually flogged. After 1861 tattoos or branding were also adopted. The maximum U.S. penalty for desertion in wartime was execution. But Frank did not face death or flogging, rather they hit him in the pocketbook. He was ordered to payback the government for the two years and three months that he was absent and was ordered back to the Army. He was transferred into Company A, 21st Regiment of the Illinois Infantry serving from June 10, 1865 to Dec 16, 1865.
The 21st was assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps, the Brigade and did not see much action as the civil war was now won by the union. The Fourth Army Corps was sent to Texas by way of New Orleans; camped two weeks on the old battle ground at New Orleans; embarked on a vessel for Matagorda Bay; disembarked for Victoria, thence to San Antonia, where the Regiment was mustered out December 16, 1865.
Arrived at Camp Butler January 18, 1866, for final payment and discharge.
He returned to the farm in Illionis. Frank never married but took care of his widowed mother and helped care for his two adult unmarried sisters; Charlotte Ellen and Rebecca Jane. A Wabash county history book in 1883 described Frank as a "farmer and breeder of fine stock" in Friend Grove.
He died unwed May 2, 1915 in Wabash County, IL at the age of 79.
Sources: US Census Records, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois 1900-1902, Illinois Historical & Wabash County, Illinois Biographical, edited by Risley, 1911 p.691-692, Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois 1883
**updated Sep 2016 By Jon Brines**
Franklin Brines a Wabash County farmer who joined the effort to preserve the union. Born 15 Oct 1835 in Lancaster, Wabash County, Illinois he was the son of Lyman Brines 1802-1863 and Maria Holmes 1807-1898. He was the middle child of a dozen born to the couple. He farmed his parents large Lancaster area farm until well into his twenties. In 1860 he was said to have real estate worth $1,000, a fifth of what his father owned.
At age 26 he joined the Civil War raging to save the union. On 14 August 1862, after a recruiting group came to Friendsville to drum up support and volunteers, Franklin Brines joined Company C of the 115th Illinois. The unit would march to the sea with Sherman via Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta. However Franklin Brines deserted the unit in Danville, KY in Jan 1863 before any of that occurred. He was in long enough to get trained and equipped but not long enough to see combat. The 115th was on their way south to their first engagements when they stopped in Danville where many of the Civil War wounded were being cared for in various hospitals. Franklin is not here to defend himself but perhaps he took one look at the dead and dying and the missing limbs and it was too much of a reality check. Another theory; his father passed away in May of the same year and perhaps he got word that he was ill and needed to return to run the farm. We will never know what went through his mind, but what is certain, is the severity of his situation. He was officially drawn up on charges. After hearing from four witnesses from his fellow soldiers (also neighbors in Wabash County, Il) the jury of his peers found him guilty of desertion March 29, 1865. In the United States, before the Civil War, deserters from the Army were usually flogged. After 1861 tattoos or branding were also adopted. The maximum U.S. penalty for desertion in wartime was execution. But Frank did not face death or flogging, rather they hit him in the pocketbook. He was ordered to payback the government for the two years and three months that he was absent and was ordered back to the Army. He was transferred into Company A, 21st Regiment of the Illinois Infantry serving from June 10, 1865 to Dec 16, 1865.
The 21st was assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps, the Brigade and did not see much action as the civil war was now won by the union. The Fourth Army Corps was sent to Texas by way of New Orleans; camped two weeks on the old battle ground at New Orleans; embarked on a vessel for Matagorda Bay; disembarked for Victoria, thence to San Antonia, where the Regiment was mustered out December 16, 1865.
Arrived at Camp Butler January 18, 1866, for final payment and discharge.
He returned to the farm in Illionis. Frank never married but took care of his widowed mother and helped care for his two adult unmarried sisters; Charlotte Ellen and Rebecca Jane. A Wabash county history book in 1883 described Frank as a "farmer and breeder of fine stock" in Friend Grove.
He died unwed May 2, 1915 in Wabash County, IL at the age of 79.
Sources: US Census Records, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois 1900-1902, Illinois Historical & Wabash County, Illinois Biographical, edited by Risley, 1911 p.691-692, Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois 1883
Franklin Brines a Wabash County farmer who joined the effort to preserve the union. Born 15 Oct 1835 in Lancaster, Wabash County, Illinois he was the son of Lyman Brines 1802-1863 and Maria Holmes 1807-1898. He was the middle child of a dozen born to the couple. He farmed his parents large Lancaster area farm until well into his twenties. In 1860 he was said to have real estate worth $1,000, a fifth of what his father owned.
At age 26 he joined the Civil War raging to save the union. On 14 August 1862, after a recruiting group came to Friendsville to drum up support and volunteers, Franklin Brines joined Company C of the 115th Illinois. The unit would march to the sea with Sherman via Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta. However Franklin Brines deserted the unit in Danville, KY in Jan 1863 before any of that occurred. He was in long enough to get trained and equipped but not long enough to see combat. The 115th was on their way south to their first engagements when they stopped in Danville where many of the Civil War wounded were being cared for in various hospitals. Franklin is not here to defend himself but perhaps he took one look at the dead and dying and the missing limbs and it was too much of a reality check. Another theory; his father passed away in May of the same year and perhaps he got word that he was ill and needed to return to run the farm. We will never know what went through his mind, but what is certain, is the severity of his situation. He was officially drawn up on charges. After hearing from four witnesses from his fellow soldiers (also neighbors in Wabash County, Il) the jury of his peers found him guilty of desertion March 29, 1865. In the United States, before the Civil War, deserters from the Army were usually flogged. After 1861 tattoos or branding were also adopted. The maximum U.S. penalty for desertion in wartime was execution. But Frank did not face death or flogging, rather they hit him in the pocketbook. He was ordered to payback the government for the two years and three months that he was absent and was ordered back to the Army. He was transferred into Company A, 21st Regiment of the Illinois Infantry serving from June 10, 1865 to Dec 16, 1865.
The 21st was assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army Corps, the Brigade and did not see much action as the civil war was now won by the union. The Fourth Army Corps was sent to Texas by way of New Orleans; camped two weeks on the old battle ground at New Orleans; embarked on a vessel for Matagorda Bay; disembarked for Victoria, thence to San Antonia, where the Regiment was mustered out December 16, 1865.
Arrived at Camp Butler January 18, 1866, for final payment and discharge.
He returned to the farm in Illionis. Frank never married but took care of his widowed mother and helped care for his two adult unmarried sisters; Charlotte Ellen and Rebecca Jane. A Wabash county history book in 1883 described Frank as a "farmer and breeder of fine stock" in Friend Grove.
He died unwed May 2, 1915 in Wabash County, IL at the age of 79.
Sources: US Census Records, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois 1900-1902, Illinois Historical & Wabash County, Illinois Biographical, edited by Risley, 1911 p.691-692, Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois 1883
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