The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Monday, May 18, 2015

Col. Francis T. Sherman, Commander of 88th Illinois-- Part 2

The "T. in his name stood for Trowbridge and was born in Connecticut December 31, 1825.

He had gone out to the California Gold Fields from 1849-1851 and then returned to Chicago and worked in manufacturing, contracting and railroad building.

During the Civil War, he commanded the 88th Illinois Infantry regiment and participated in capturing the famous Confederate spy Belle Boyd.

He died November 9, 1905, and is buried at Chicago's Graceland Cemetery in Section A, Lot 38.

--Old Secesh

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