Franklin In The Civil War

Men from Franklin Township were among the first from Ohio to leave for the war and took part in many of its major campaigns. Individual companies of the 1st Ohio (90 day), 2nd Ohio, 75th Ohio, and 79th Ohio infantry were raised locally, and other Franklin men served in the 60th (1 year), 69th Ohio, and 93rd Ohio Infantry Regiments, the 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment, and the 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery Regiment. The township's regiments served from First Bull Run in 1861 to Bentonville in 1865 and fought at Perryville, Stone's River, Chickamauga, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, among many other battles. Two companies of the 146th Ohio (100 day) Infantry Regiment were also raised locally. In all, more than 200 township men served in the Union's armies. More than 100 of them served in three-year regiments that performed most of the war's fighting. More than 20 men died, more than 20 were wounded, several more than once, and about 30 were captured, with most of those enduring months in Confederate prisoner of war camps. Four men who enlisted from Franklin became colonels or lieutenant colonels, and Obadiah Maxwell was brevetted a brigadier general.

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