Franklin, William Buel

Life Span
to
Full name
William Buel Franklin
Place of Birth
York, PA
Burial Place
York, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
0
Friends
Ulysses S. Grant 
Family
Walter S. Franklin (father), Sarah Buel Franklin (mother), Anna L. Clark (wife) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Businessman
Other
Other Occupation
Engineer, Architect
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
- The first pitched battle of the war between armies results in a Union disaster at Bull Run
At Eltham's Landing, Confederate units thwart Union attempts to cut off their retreat from Yorktown
- Largest battle yet in the eastern theater fought at Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmond
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