Frank Pettis of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, was 11 when he enlisted. His father Amos played the fife and also enlisted. Father and Son going to war together.
Frank began his military career at age 12 in Co. A, 19th Wisconsin, under Captain A.P. Ellinwood. He served from February 22, 1862, to August 9, 1865.
He was at every battle the 19th Wisconsin fought in from Suffolk, Virginia, to New Berne, North Carolina to the siege at Petersburg and Richmond, where the regiment's colors were the first to fly over the Confederate Capitol after its capture.
--Old Secesh
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