Buchanan, Franklin

[gentlemanrob]

Franklin Buchanan
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Born: September 17, 1800

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland

Father: Dr. George Buchanan

Mother: Laetitia McKean Buchanan

Wife: Ann Catherine Lloyd Buchanan 1808 – 1892

(Buried: Wye House Cemetery Easton Maryland)​

Children:

Lettia McKean Buchanan 1837 – 1917​

(Buried: Wye House Cemetery Easton Maryland)​

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Alicia Lloyd Buchanan 1838 – 1915​

(Buried: Wye House Cemetery Easton Maryland)​

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Nannie Buchanan Meiere 1841 – 1930​

(Buried: Saint Anne's Cemetery Annapolis Maryland)​

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Franklin Buchanan Jr. 1847 – 1891​

(Buried: Wye House Cemetery Easton Maryland)​

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Mary Tlighman Buchanan Owen 1852 – 1931​

(Buried: Saint Anne's Cemetery Annapolis Maryland)​

Occupation before War:

1815 – 1825: Midshipman in the United States Navy​

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1825 – 1841: Lt. In the United States Navy​

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1841 – 1855: Commander in the United States Navy​

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1855 – 1861: Captain in the United States Navy​

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Participated in Perry's Expedition to Japan​

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1845 – 1847: Superintendent of United States Naval Academy​

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1859 – 1861: Commandant of Washington D.C. Navy Yard​

Civil War Career:

Captain of Ironclad CSS Virginia for Confederate Navy​

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1862: Promoted to the rank of Confederate Navy Admiral​

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Commander of Confederate Naval forces in Mobile Bay Alabama​

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Oversaw the Construction of CSS Tennessee Ironclad​

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1864: Wounded and captured during the Battle of Mobile Bay Alabama​

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1865: Exchanged in February in the Prisoner exchange​

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1865: on Convalescent leave during the surrendering of Confederacy​

Occupation after War:

Businessman in Maryland and Mobile, Alabama​

Died: May 11, 1874

Place of Death: Talbot County, Maryland

Age at time of Death: 73 years old

Burial Place: Wye House Cemetery, Easton, Maryland

 

[donna]

Thanks for adding. I was going to but had doctor today and then had to go by hospital for x-rays.

Happy Birthday Admiral.

 

[gentlemanrob]

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