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William B. Franklin

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Union Army general (1823-1903)

United StatesFoundersLived 1823 to 1903 · aged 80
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William Buel Franklin was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, fighting in several notable battles in the eastern theater of the American Civil War.

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Hughes, Sitgreaves, and Franklin's Map Showing the Line of March of the Centre Division, Army of Mexico, under the Command of Brigr. Genl. John E. Wool, from San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, to Saltillo, Mexico, 1846-1850Hughes, Sitgreaves, and Franklin's Map Showing the Line of March of the Centre Division, Army of Mexico, under the Command of Brigr. Genl. John E. Wool, from San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, to Saltillo, Mexico, 1846-1850William B. Franklin in 1861, by Alfred WaudWilliam B. Franklin in 1861, by Alfred Waud

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William Buel Franklin was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, fighting in several notable battles in the eastern theater of the American Civil War. He also distinguished himself as a civil engineer before and after the war.

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Lived 1823 to 1903 · aged 80
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