Franklin Hogan

"Frank"
(1843 - 1932)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Command Billet: Soldier
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 45th Pennsylvania Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
An 18 year old laborer, he enlisted as Private in Company A of the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry on 16 August 1861. He was listed on mustering in, at Harrisburg, as light complected with brown hair and grey eyes, standing 5' 6".1

The remainder of the War:
He was awarded the Medal of Honor in October 1864 for capturing a Confederate flag at the Battle of the Crater on 30 July of that year at Petersburg, Virginia. He served with the company through its term of service and was honorably discharged on 20 October 1864 at the rank of Corporal.1

More on the Web:
His gravesite is pictured online courtesy of Home of Heroes.

Birth Date: 01/07/1843 Place of Birth: Centre County, PA
Death Date: 04/05/1932 Burial Place: Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, KS

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Adjutant-General, Pennsylvania Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866, Published <2005, first accessed 01 July 2005, <http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archive.asp?view=ArchiveIndexes&ArchiveID=17>, Source page: ...ArchiveID=17&FID=1228421&LID=1228470&FL=H&Page=1 [AotW citation 566]

« Search for Another Participant