Continuing with Road Tripping Through History.
Other Medals of Honor:
2 from Indian Wars
1 from Spanish-American War
2 from the Boxer Rebellion
4 from Civil War (soldiers)
1 from Korea (1871)
2 from peacetime events (1872) and (1903)
Also, three Civil War Union generals and several Union officers.
--Old B-R'er
FREDERICK FRANKLIN
(1840-1873)
U.S. Navy Korean Campaign
Interred at Proprietors Cemetery (South Cemetery)
Franklin was on board the USS Colorado during the attack and capture of the Korean forts., June 11, 1871.
Assuming command of Company D after Lieutenant McKee was wounded, Franklin handled the company with great credit until relieved.
Born on 1840 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
He was one of 15 U.S. sailors and Marines to be awarded the Medal of Honor for this little-known military action. (I never heard of it either.)
Franklin also might have been in the Navy during the Civil War. The USS Colorado was at the Battles of Fort Fisher.
--Old B-Runner
