HARTRANFT, John Frederick

Affiliation:  Union

Born: December 16 1830, Fagleysville PA

Died: October 17 1889, Norristown PA

Pre-War Profession: Civil engineer, deputy sheriff, lawyer, militia colonel.

War Service: April 1861 Col. of 4th Pennsylvania, served with Franklin at First Bull Run after his regiment refused to fight - Medal of Honor, November 1861 Col. of 51st Pennsylvania, Burnside's North Carolina expedition, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/IX Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, May 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Divn/IX Corps at Petersburg, Ft Stedman, provost marshal at the trial of Lincoln's assassins

Post War: Army service, auditor general, governor, postmaster, port collector.