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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Franklin, William Buel 1823- (search)
g as Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at West Point for four years, he occupied the same chair, and that of Civil Engineering, in the New York City Free Academy, in 1852. In May, 1861, he was appointed colonel of the 12th Infantry, and in July was assigned the command of a brigade in Heintzelman's division. He was in the hottest of the fight at Bull Run; was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in September, and appointed to the command of a division of the Army of the Potomac. Franklin did excellent service in the campaign of the Virginia Peninsula, and on July 4, 1862, was promoted to major-general. He served under McClelland in Maryland, and under Burnside at Fredericksburg, and in 1863 was assigned to the Department of the Gulf, under Banks. In March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general in the regular army, and, resigning in March, 1866, engaged in manufacturing and engineering. In 1889 he was United States commissioner-general for the Paris Exposition.
The Daily Dispatch: June 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Important military appointment. (search)
confidence, that they have not only robbed the farmers in the vicinity of that place of their grain and negroes, but have actually gone so far as to violate some of the females who are so unfortunate as to be left within their grasp. Richard G. Banks, Jr., of the Quartermaster's Department, C. S. A., arrived here today, on route for Fort Monroe. He will visit the Fort and Hampton, (his native place,) under a flag of truce, but I very much fear that it will not be respected. Fear seems top. Richard G. Banks, Jr., of the Quartermaster's Department, C. S. A., arrived here today, on route for Fort Monroe. He will visit the Fort and Hampton, (his native place,) under a flag of truce, but I very much fear that it will not be respected. Fear seems to be a stranger to young Banks' bosom, and he is bent on accomplishing his ends, let the danger be as great as it may. There is a large force here, all of whom are in line spirits, and eager to meet the invader. Chesapeake.