Francis Stanley “Frank” Armistead
Born: April 1835
Birthplace: Upperville, Virginia
Father: Colonel Walker Keith Armistead 1785 – 1845
(Buried: Armistead Family Cemetery, Upperville, Virginia)
Mother: Elizabeth Stanly Armistead 1791 – 1861
(Buried: Armistead Family Cemetery, Upperville, Virginia)
Education:
1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (34th in class)
Occupation before War:
1856: Brevet 2nd Lt. of United States Army, Infantry
1856 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 10th Infantry Regiment
1856 – 1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Ridgely, Minnesota
1857 – 1861: Served on the Utah Expedition
1859 – 1860: Provost Marshal in Utah Expedition
1860 – 1861: Leave of Absence from United States Army
1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, 10th Infantry Regiment
1861: Resigned from United States Army on June 14th
Civil War Career:
1861: 1st Lt. In the Confederate States Regular Army
1862: Assistant Adjutant for Armistead's Brigade
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
1862: Appointed Lt. Colonel 21stGeorgia Infantry never joined them
1863 – 1864: Assistant Adjutant to Lt. General Theophilus H. Holmes
1864 – 1865: Colonel of 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves Regiment
1865: Commander of North Carolina Junior Reserves Brigade
1865: May have been considered for promotion as General
1865: Paroled by the Union Army on May 2, 1865
Occupation after War:
Hotel Clerk in Wheeling, West Virginia
Torpedo Agent in West Virginia
1886 – 1889: Lived in Lakeland Mental Hospital while being insane
Died: April 18, 1889
Place of Death: Central Lunatic Asylum, Louisville, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Cause of Death: Insanity
Burial Place: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
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