Franklin B. Gale enlisted as a Corporal in Co. A Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry on June 20, 1861, for 3 years of service. He was listed as sick and hospitalized in September of 1861.* Franklin was later killed during the action at Malvern Hill, Virginia on July 1, 1862.
* "Clinical Records of the Continued Fevers -- Typho-Malarial and Typhoid Fever -- Fifty-one Typhoid Cases...Case 8. -- Headache and dizziness; bowels quiet, notwithstanding purgative medicines, but right iliac region tender; rose-spots on the 14th day, with convalescence succeeding -- Corporal H. F. Gale, Co. A, 4th Mich.; age 20; was seized about Sept. 9, 1861, with weakness, pain in the head and back and fever, and was admitted as a case of typhoid fever. In the evening his pulse was found to be 92, quiick and strong, skin natural, tongue red at tip but coated slightly in the middle, bowels quiet and appetite poor. Ten grains each of calomel and jalap were given. Next day the pulse was 74, the skin natural and moist, the tongue white in the centre and red at the edges, and the bowels quiet. Quinine was ordered. In the evening the pulse was 66 and the skin and tongue unchanged. One stool was passed in the morning; no tenderness. The patient had slight headache and dizziness. The bowels remained quiet during the following days, but some tenderness was manifested in the right iliac region. The skin continued warm and moist and the tongue unchanged, although the patient developed some appetite. On the 20th he was sitting up. On the 21st he had tinnitus aurium and some thirst, but the pulse was 64, tongue clean and appetite good. On the 22d a few rose-colored spots appeared, the patient's condition otherwise remaining unaltered. He was improving generally when, on October 1, he was transferred to hospital at Annapolis, Md." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume I. (3rd Medical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1888.
His mother was Martha Ann Moore, and his father was Samuel H. Gale, according to a family researcher. On the 1850 census, Martha was living with her children and Samuel is not listed. Franklin had a brother, Henry, who was also buried in this cemetery.
Additional information: According to records kept by Lydia P. Gale Younglove, Franklin B. Gale was born August 18, 1841. He was the son of Samuel H. and Martha A. Moore Gale. Frank, as he was called, was the younger brother to both Lydia and Henry D. Gale. Researcher: Grace Younglove of Hudson, Michigan.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
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Franklin B. Gale enlisted as a Corporal in Co. A Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry on June 20, 1861, for 3 years of service. He was listed as sick and hospitalized in September of 1861.* Franklin was later killed during the action at Malvern Hill, Virginia on July 1, 1862.
* "Clinical Records of the Continued Fevers -- Typho-Malarial and Typhoid Fever -- Fifty-one Typhoid Cases...Case 8. -- Headache and dizziness; bowels quiet, notwithstanding purgative medicines, but right iliac region tender; rose-spots on the 14th day, with convalescence succeeding -- Corporal H. F. Gale, Co. A, 4th Mich.; age 20; was seized about Sept. 9, 1861, with weakness, pain in the head and back and fever, and was admitted as a case of typhoid fever. In the evening his pulse was found to be 92, quiick and strong, skin natural, tongue red at tip but coated slightly in the middle, bowels quiet and appetite poor. Ten grains each of calomel and jalap were given. Next day the pulse was 74, the skin natural and moist, the tongue white in the centre and red at the edges, and the bowels quiet. Quinine was ordered. In the evening the pulse was 66 and the skin and tongue unchanged. One stool was passed in the morning; no tenderness. The patient had slight headache and dizziness. The bowels remained quiet during the following days, but some tenderness was manifested in the right iliac region. The skin continued warm and moist and the tongue unchanged, although the patient developed some appetite. On the 20th he was sitting up. On the 21st he had tinnitus aurium and some thirst, but the pulse was 64, tongue clean and appetite good. On the 22d a few rose-colored spots appeared, the patient's condition otherwise remaining unaltered. He was improving generally when, on October 1, he was transferred to hospital at Annapolis, Md." -- The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. Part III, Volume I. (3rd Medical volume) by U. S. Army Surgeon General's Office, 1888.
His mother was Martha Ann Moore, and his father was Samuel H. Gale, according to a family researcher. On the 1850 census, Martha was living with her children and Samuel is not listed. Franklin had a brother, Henry, who was also buried in this cemetery.
Additional information: According to records kept by Lydia P. Gale Younglove, Franklin B. Gale was born August 18, 1841. He was the son of Samuel H. and Martha A. Moore Gale. Frank, as he was called, was the younger brother to both Lydia and Henry D. Gale. Researcher: Grace Younglove of Hudson, Michigan.
Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.
For further information on the Fourth Michigan Infantry, copy this link into your browser and press enter: www.4thmichigan.wordpress.com
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