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| ====== Franklin Epp Adams ====== | ====== Franklin Epp Adams ====== |
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| Son of unknown parents, Jesse Adams and Lettice Christian Collier-Adams, Franklin Epp Adams was born about 1836 in Carnesville (Franklin County), Georgia. | Son of [[jesse_adams|Jesse Adams]] and Lettice Christian Collier-Adams, Franklin Epp Adams, known to friends and family as "Frank", was born about 1836 in Carnesville (Franklin County), Georgia. |
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| Franklin Epp Adams married Mary Elizabeth Brown (born May 13, 1842 in Franklin County, Georgia - died Oct. 23, 1910 in Stephens County Georgia).((https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=tree&person=K6M7-9MQ§ion=pedigree)) | On September, 18, 1859, Franklin Epp Adams married Mary Eliza (or "Elizabeth") Brown (born May 13, 1842 in Franklin County, Georgia - died Oct. 23, 1910 in Stephens County Georgia).((http://genealogytrails.com/geo/franklin/marriages1857-1868.html))((https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=tree&person=K6M7-9MQ§ion=pedigree)) |
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| Officially, the U.S. Congress used the term “The War between the States” in a report to the Senate on joint resolution No. 41, printed in the Congressional Record of March 2, 1928, on page 4061. However, the [[http://www.nps.gov/|National Park Service]], the government organization entrusted by the United States Congress to preserve the battlefields of the war, uses the term “Civil War”. | Officially, the U.S. Congress used the term “The War between the States” in a report to the Senate on joint resolution No. 41, printed in the Congressional Record of March 2, 1928, on page 4061. However, the [[http://www.nps.gov/|National Park Service]], the government organization entrusted by the United States Congress to preserve the battlefields of the war, uses the term “Civil War”. |
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| Shortly after the beginning of the “War of Northern Aggression”, Franklin Epp Adams volunteered to serve in the Confederate 34th Infantry Regiment, Co. G on May 12, 1862 in Carnsville, GA (Franklin County).((http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=DBBC09C6-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A)) [[anderson_smith_randal|Anderson Smith Randal]] and [[elisha_w_mitchell|Elisha (Eli) W. Mitchell]] (sometimes appearing as Mitchael) also served in this Regiment. | Shortly after the beginning of the “War of Northern Aggression”, Franklin Epp Adams volunteered to serve in the Confederate 34th Infantry Regiment, Co. G (probably on May 12, 1862 in Carnsville (Franklin County), Georgia).((http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=1E189D79-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A)) [[anderson_smith_randal|Anderson Smith Randal]] and [[elisha_w_mitchell|Elisha (Eli) W. Mitchell]] (sometimes appearing as Mitchael) also served in this Regiment. |
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| [{{ :anderson_smith_randal:confederate_34th_regimental_infantry_flag2.jpg|The 34th GA flag is seventy-two and one-half inches by 33 inches. There are three strips of white silk. Each strip is 11 inches wide. They are hand stitched together. The twenty-two inch canton has in the center one gold star with a red dot; above and below the star are two gloves, one pointing up and one pointing down. Each has a gold heart embroidered on the back of it. There are ten other gold stars with red dots in the center. A green wreath and red flowers circle the ten stars. It is patterned exactly after the original. \\ Source: [[http://www.battleofraymond.org/flag.htm|http://www.battleofraymond.org/flag.htm]]}}] | [{{ :anderson_smith_randal:confederate_34th_regimental_infantry_flag2.jpg|The 34th GA flag is seventy-two and one-half inches by 33 inches. There are three strips of white silk. Each strip is 11 inches wide. They are hand stitched together. The twenty-two inch canton has in the center one gold star with a red dot; above and below the star are two gloves, one pointing up and one pointing down. Each has a gold heart embroidered on the back of it. There are ten other gold stars with red dots in the center. A green wreath and red flowers circle the ten stars. It is patterned exactly after the original. \\ Source: [[http://www.battleofraymond.org/flag.htm|http://www.battleofraymond.org/flag.htm]]}}] |
| Franklin Epp Adams was wounded and captured during the "Battle of Champion Hill" on May 16, 1863 at Baker's Creek, MS. He died that same day, and was buried in the "Champion Hill Burial Ground" located in Champion Hill (Hinds County), Mississippi.((http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82330131)) | Franklin Epp Adams was wounded and captured during the "Battle of Champion Hill" on May 16, 1863 at Baker's Creek, MS. He died that same day, and was buried in the "Champion Hill Burial Ground" located in Champion Hill (Hinds County), Mississippi.((http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82330131)) |
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| | {{:franklin_epp_adams:georgia_casualties_at_champion_hill.pdf|Georgia Casualties at Champion Hill.}} |
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| The entire Regiment may have been captured, as both [[anderson_smith_randal|Anderson Smith Randal]] and [[elisha_w_mitchell|Elisha (Eli) W. Mitchell]] (sometimes appearing as Mitchael) were also among those captured on May 16, 1863 by Union forces. | The entire Regiment may have been captured, as both [[anderson_smith_randal|Anderson Smith Randal]] and [[elisha_w_mitchell|Elisha (Eli) W. Mitchell]] were also among those captured on May 16, 1863 by Union forces. |
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