I have a profile that was killed in the Battle of Franklin during the Civil War. What are the appropriate categories?

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William Grissett was killed in the Battle of Franklin. What are the appropriate categories to add to his profile?

WikiTree profile: William Grissett
in Genealogy Help by Koreen Miller G2G1 (1.5k points)
edited by Ellen Smith

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check these links:

Existing Categories of military units, etc

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
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you should clean up his profile, 2 bio sections, 2 wives that appear to be the same, probably from merging records.

you show him in Co C, 57 Alabama Infantry, so you can add him to

[[Category: 57th Regiment Alabama Infantry, US Civil War]]

nothing listed in bio supports Battle of Franklin or KIA, but Source: S-661865229 is for FindAGrave (you might want to change that reference to a direct link...  {{FindAGrave|6568589}}  and it shows a memorial with Killed at Franklin, so with nothing else to show that he died afterwards as a result of battlefield injuries (i.e. Died of Wounds), you could add

[[Category: Killed in Action, Confederate States of America, United States Civil War]]

[[Category: Battle of Franklin II]]  (there was another battle of Franklin that took place in 1863)

 

 

by Keith McDonald G2G6 Mach 9 (98.4k points)
William Calvin Sr was killed in the Battle of Franklin.  I am his great great grandson and I have visited his grave in the cemetery there.
as i said, KIA in Battle of Franklin is on his FindAGrave memorial, but not mentioned on his wikitree bio...  you should add it there.  Adding profiles to categories are secondary actions, and optional.  the information should be explained in the biography, and supported by some form of documentation.
As a side note, the Battle of Franklin occurred in what was known as the "state" or Republic of Franklin......It had been intended to be the 14th state ....  Originally  part of North carolina, it was ceded to the US government as a way of paying of its Rev war debt.  I am told by my uncle ( who is a history buff living in Greeneville Tn not far from where the capitol of the "state" of Franklin was) states that that Franklin sided originally with the Union forces.......... I have not found data to that effect yet.
I do not know if this information be help for those who have ancestors who fought in the Battle of Franklin

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