19th Cen RARE CIVIL WAR CDV General Franklin ID ink NR

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RARE Civil War Photograph CDV RARE Lot CDV of General Franklin 19th century ID on back in ink is written General Franklin General Franklin is also written in pencil Also someone wrote "lift est. June N. Grew 13 Aug 1920" not sure what that means. Ca.1862 William Buel Franklin (February 27, 1823 – March 8, 1903) was a career US 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. Soon after the beginning of the Civil War, Franklin was appointed colonel of the 12th US Infantry, but three days later, on May 17, 1861, he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers. He quickly rose from brigade to corps command in the Army of the Potomac and saw action in the Peninsula Campagin, the Battle of Antietam, and the Battle of Fredericksburg. He was promoted to major general on July 4, 1862. At Antietam, his VI Corps was in reserve and he tried in vain to convince Maj. Gen Edwin V Summer to allow his corps to exploit a weakened position in the Condederate center. At Fredericksburg, he commanded the "Left Grand Division" (two corps, under Maj. Gens. John F. Reynolds and William F. Smith), which failed in its assaults against the Confederate right, commanded by Lt. Gen Thomas J. "Stonewall" read more

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