Francis M. Lank
Francis M. Lank was born around 1842 in Ohio to John and Elizabeth Lank. His father was a cooper. The family lived in Bloom, Ohio, and his father probably died in the 1850s. The family moved to Dresden, Ohio, in the 1850s, and by 1860, they owned $20 of personal property.
He enlisted in the Union army on October 23, 1861, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company F of the 62nd Ohio Infantry. The regiment took part in the assault on Fort Wagner and the siege of Petersburg. He was promoted to sergeant on December 20, 1862, and he mustered out on August 23, 1865. He died sometime after the war.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3349) | Lank, Francis M. | 1842 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Corporal
- Rank out: Sergeant
- Rank highest: Sergeant
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (9063) [writer] ~ Francis M. Lank to Lizzie (?), 27 July 1862
People - Records: 1
- (5393) (?), Lizzie is the [sweetheart of] (3349) Lank, Francis M.
Places - Records: 1
- (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
Regiments - Records: 1
- (934) [enlisted] [F] ~ 62nd Ohio Infantry
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com
