William B. Franklin
Military Person
1823 – 1903
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Who was William B. Franklin?
William Buel Franklin was a career United States Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He rose to the rank of a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, fighting in several notable early battles in the Eastern Theater.
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- Born
- Feb 27, 1823
York - Also known as
- William Franklin
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Lived in
- York
- Died
- Mar 8, 1903
Hartford
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on July 23, 2013
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