Louis Raymond Francine

Louis Raymond Francine was a soldier in the Union Army during the American [Civil War].

Career

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.