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Doctor Franklin Thompson became a tough Partisan Ranger during the "War of Northern Aggression"
He was killed on Gatlin's Farm, just outside of Petersburg, Virginia, at the young age of 21 31 May 1864
Find A Grave Memorial # 106827447

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Doctor F. Thompson, Private, Camp. J. J. Lawerence’s Co. (Wilson Partisan Rangers) North Carolina Volunteers*, mustered in May 14, 1862 in Wilson County, N. C., description, born in Wilson County, N.C., age 19, Farmer, 5’ 11”, no further records

* This company was subsequently designated Company H, 7th Regiment Confederate Cavalry

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina

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Doctor F. Thompson, 3rd Corporal (1st) Company I, Claiborne’s Regiment Partisan Rangers,** enlisted April 22, 1862 in Wilson County, by J. J. Lawrence for the war, recorded as a Private December 10, 1862, killed in action at Gatlin’s farm, P. George Co., Va., May 31, 1864, description, 19, Farmer, 5’ 11”** This company was formed partly of men transferred from Company H. H was soon broken and the members returned to Company H

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government.

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