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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Allen D. Frankenberry, Soldier, Civil War Diaries and Memoir, A&M 1785, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Biographical / Historical
Allen D. Frankenberry was born on August 13, 1841, the son of Samuel and Eliza Frankenberry, of Springhill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He attended Waynesburg College before enlisting in Company K of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry on August 20, 1862. From May to September 1863, when he was disabled while delivering a message, Frankenberry served as an orderly at Gen. William S. Rosecrans's headquarters. He had been transferred to the Signal Corps, 14th Army, Department of the Cumberland, in October 1863, so after being released from the hospital in April 1864, Frankenberry joined the Signal Corps in Georgia. Frankenberry was mustered out of service in June 1865. He returned to Point Marion, Pa., where he established a lumber business in 1867.
Allen Frankenberry married Carrie Conn on December 31, 1868, and their daughter, Retta Conn Frankenberry, was born on October 24, 1869. Carrie Frankenberry died in 1874, and Allen Frankenberry was remarried to Mary A. Sheets. They had three children. Allen D. Frankenberry died on February 23, 1909.
[Biographical information from Allen Frankenberry's granddaughter, Mrs. I.L. Van Voorhis, and the USGenWeb Archives.]
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Alabama
- Civil War - Pennsylvania 15th Cavalry, Company K.
- Civil War -- War diaries
- Civil War battles - Atlanta.
- Diaries and journals.
- Frankenberry, Allen D.
- Georgia
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Frankenberry, Allen D.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Alabama
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865