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(1841 - 1905)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Education: University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1860
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
In 1860 he was 19 years old, and lived with his parents and siblings in Germantown, PA. He was appointed Captain in the 12th United States Infantry on 5 August 1861.
On the Campaign
He commanded Company G of the Battalion at Antietam in September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was appointed Colonel of the 215h Pennsylvania Infantry in November 1864. He was honored by brevets to Major (for Chancellorsville) and Lieutenant Colonel (for Gettysburg) and mustered out of Volunteer service on 28 August 1865.
After the War
He briefly continued in the Regular Army and resigned on 5 April 1866. By 1870 he was a stock broker living with his parents in Philadelphia, PA. In 1880 he was a broker of iron ore in Philadelphia.
References & notes
His service from Heitman1 and Henry.2 His role at Antietam from Captain Blunt's after-action report. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Mary Chancellor Tiers (1846-1910) in January 1880.
Five of his brothers also served during the war.
Francis wrote Recollections of the 12th U.S. Infantry & Regular Division, 1861-1865, a paper read before the United Service Club, November 17, 1886; a copy is in the collection of the US Army Heritage & Education Center, Carlisle, PA.
Birth
06/02/1841; Germanstown, PA
Death
11/22/1905; Philadelphia, PA; burial in Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
1 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 1052 [AotW citation 28827]
3 Henry, Guy Vernor, Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army, 2 Volumes, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1873, Vol. 2, pg. 226 [AotW citation 28828]