Soldier: Francis C. Stanley
Regiment: 73rd. Infantry
Company: D
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: 7/28/1862
Period of Service: 2 years 11 months 10 days
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Hospitalized in Indiana in 1863 for unknown reason. Taken prisoner on 5/3/1863, “paroled” 5/30/1863. Discharged 7/28/1865
Battles in which he fought:
Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia 8/9/1862
Battle of Freemans Ford, Virginia 8/23-25/1862
Battle of Bull Run, Virginia 8/30/1862
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 5/1-4/1863
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 7/1-3/1863
Battle of Lookout Valley, Tennessee 10/29/1863
Battle of Mission Ridge, Tennessee 11/25/1863
Battle of Resaca, Georgia 5/13-16/1864
Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia 5/25/-6/4/1864
Battle of Kensaw Mountain, Georgia 6/9-30/1864
Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia 7/20/1864
Battle of Atlanta, Georgia 7/28/-9/2/1864
Battle of Averyboro, North Carolina 3/16/1865
Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina 3/19-21/1865
Other interesting information discovered:
Francis Clymer Stanley was born on 10/22/1844 in Morrow County. Francis married Sarah E Hicklen in the State of Indiana. Francis and Sarah had two children. Francis was a minister for the Friends Church in the State of Indiana. He is listed in the 1900 census as a preacher in Van Wert, Ohio. The records of Find a Grave displayed his name as Rev. Francis Clymer Stanley.
Date of Death: 12/22/1919 Place of burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: Gompf Funeral Service Researcher: Velda L Montgomery