GARDNER, Franklin

Affiliation:  Union

Born: January 29 1823, New York NY

Died: April 29 1873, Vermillionville LA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1843, Mexican War, frontier duty, dropped from rolls May 1861.

War Service: March 1861 Lt. Col. of CSA infantry, commanded a cavalry brigade at Shiloh, April 1862 Brig. Gen., Kentucky invasion, December 1862 Maj. Gen. (confirmed June 1864), commanded at Port Hudson (s), exchanged after one year, served in Dept. of East Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama.

Post War: Planter.