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Federal (USV)

Private

Franklin Fletcher

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 6th Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Granfield, he enlisted in Company A, 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 10 May 1861. He was promoted to Corporal and Sergeant.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862, and was honored by brevet to First Lieutenant for his actions at Antietam.

References & 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. 497 - 498  [AotW citation 10272]