Franklin Gaillard:
Born: April 26, 1829
Birthplace: Pineville South Carolina
Father: Thomas Gaillard 1790 – 1864
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama)
Mother: Marianne Gendron Palmer 1793 – 1860
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery Mobile Alabama)
Wife: Catherine Cordes Porcher 1832 – 1856
(Buried: Cathedral Church of Saint Luke and Saint Paul Charleston South Carolina)
Children:
Dr. David LeClair Gaillard 1854 – 1938
(Buried: East Mount Cemetery Greenville Texas)
Education:
1849: Graduated from South Carolina College – (1st in class)
Occupation before War:
Went to California to participate in Gold Rush but was not successful.
Editor of Winnsboro Register Newspaper
States Rights and Succession Activist in South Carolina
Editor of Daily South Carolinian Newspaper
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: 2nd Lt. Company A 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: 1st Lt. Company A 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Captain of Company A 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Major of 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1862: Acting regimental commander at Battle of Sharpsburg Maryland
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Fredericksburg Virginia
1863: Served in the Battle of Chancellorsville Virginia
1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment
1863: Acting regimental commander at Battle of Gettysburg
1863: Served in the Battle of Chickamauga
1863: Served in the fighting around Knoxville Tennessee
1864: Acting regimental commander during the Wilderness Campaign
1864: Killed during the Battle of the Wilderness Virginia
Died: May 6, 1864
Place of Death: Wilderness Virginia
Age at time of Death: 35 years old
Burial Place: Confederate Cemetery Fredericksburg Virginia
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