7th New Jersey Infantry - Died of Wounds Received at Gettysburg

Item CDV-10262

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7th New Jersey Infantry
Wounded at Gettysburg, PA (July 2, 1863)
Died of Wounds at Philadelphia, PA (July 16, 1863)
Louis R. Francine
Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel & Brevet Brigadier General
Commanded the regiment at Gettysburg
Backmark: Philadelphia

Louis Raymond Francine enlisted, and was commissioned a captain in the 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment on August 23, 1861; lieutenant colonel on July 8, 1862; and colonel on December 9. He was brevetted brigadier general in the United States Volunteers on July 2, 1863, for gallantry and meritorious service at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was mortally wounded on July 2, 1863, and of which he died on July 16, 1863.

Source. Wikipedia