. Baltimore : its history and its people . hainman and rodman in an engineer-ing corps of the Pennsylvania Railroad. His first position after he wasgraduated was that of assistant engineer on the Fernandina & Cedar KeysRailroad in Florida, and he went to Europe in 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil War Colonel Franklin enlisted in theUnited States army and was appointed first lieutenant of the TwelfthUnited States Infantry in May, 1861. He was advanced to the rank ofcaptain in the same regiment in February, 1863, and was detailed as in-spector-general of the Sixth Army Corps, with the rank of
. Baltimore : its history and its people . hainman and rodman in an engineer-ing corps of the Pennsylvania Railroad. His first position after he wasgraduated was that of assistant engineer on the Fernandina & Cedar KeysRailroad in Florida, and he went to Europe in 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil War Colonel Franklin enlisted in theUnited States army and was appointed first lieutenant of the TwelfthUnited States Infantry in May, 1861. He was advanced to the rank ofcaptain in the same regiment in February, 1863, and was detailed as in-spector-general of the Sixth Army Corps, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel of volunteers. He was a member of the staff of General Sedgwick,who was in command of that corps, when the latter was killed, then becamea member of the staff of General Wright, retaining this position until theclose of the war. He was an active participant in the campaign againstRichmond, under McClellan, and was in service in the draft riots in NewYork City, was in the campaign under Sheridan in the Valley of Vir-.
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