Major General William B. Franklin

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Mexican_War_Medal
gptkb:Civil_War_Campaign_Medal
Brevet Brigadier General
gptkbp:battle gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:birthDate 1823-01-27
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_B._Franklin_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded Division_of_the_Potomac
gptkbp:contribution Union victory strategies
gptkbp:deathDate 1903-03-08
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Civil War leadership
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major General William B. Franklin
gptkbp:influence Military_strategy_during_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:influencedBy Military leaders of the time
West_Point_education
gptkbp:knownFor Leadership_in_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Military_history_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:nickname None known
gptkbp:notableFeature I Corps
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_South_Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:postWarCareer Civil engineer
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Joseph_Hooker
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:relatedTo Military tactics
Civil War battles
Military engineering
Union generals
American_military_history
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Mexican-American_War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1847-1883
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Franklin
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_Sedgwick