B. Franklin Knowlton

Home State: Wisconsin
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Mineral Point, he enlisted in Company I, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 22 April 1861.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Wounded also at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862. Discharged for wounds on 28 March 1863.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from State of Wisconsin1.

Notes

1 State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pp. 371 - 376 [AotW citation 10218]

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