Timeline
Birth- 5 June 1844
Oak Grove, Santa Rosa County, Florida
1861 - 1865Civil War (Confederate)- Age: 20 years
Branch
Confederate Navy
Service End Date
Rank
Seaman
Conflict Period
Civil War (Confederate)
Service Start Date
3 Mar 1864
Served For
Confederate States
1861 - 1865Civil War (Confederate)- Ages: 20 - 18 years
State
Florida
Conflict Period
Civil War (Confederate)
Unit
Seventh Infantry (Cr-H)
Branch
Confederate Army
Served For
Confederate States
Rank
Private
Service Start Date
25 Apr 1862
Service End Date
25 Feb 1864
Enlistment- 1 Jan 1862-Age: 18 years
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
1861 - 1865Civil War (Confederate)- Ages: 18 - 17 years
Rank
Seaman
Conflict Period
Civil War (Confederate)
Service End Date
25 Apr 1862
Branch
Militia
Service Start Date
27 Nov 1861
Served For
Confederate States
Enlistment
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
Death- 15 June 1925-Age: 81 years
Red Oak, Okaloosa County, Florida
Burial
Red Oak Cemetery, Crestview, Okaloosa County, Florida
Other Facts
Full Name
William Franklin
Full Name
William Hillary Franklin
Marriage
Elizabeth Malissa Baggett
State Militia
Mulrenan’s Florida Volunteer Coast Guards
Company
K (aka "Smith's Company", "Key West Avengers")
C.S. Navy - Ship
CSS Savannah
