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Franklin Yeaton |
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Born June 14, 1848, Milltown, New Brunswick.a
Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1865, to June 15, 1869, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 3d Cavalry, June 15, 1869.
Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Union, N. M., Oct. 16 to Dec. 19, 1869, — Scouting, to Jan., 1870, being engaged in a Fight in the Guadalupe Mountains, Dec. 26, 1869, where he was wounded, — Ft. Stanton, N. M., to May, 1870, — and en route to Arizona, May, 1870; and on leave of absence, to Nov. 14, 1871.
Retired from Active Service, Nov. 14, 1871, as Captain,
Died, Aug. 17, 1872, at Naples, Me.: Aged 24.
See
Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1873, for an obituary notice, with a portrait.º
Buried, Perley Cemetery, South Bridgton, ME.
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a Lt. Yeaton's birthplace is from his AOG obituary; as is his birthdate, which is also given on his tombstone, q.v.
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