Franklin Hogan

Hogan mustered in as a Corporal in Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 16, 1861.{{sfnp|VCOnline|2020}}

According to the Military Times Hall of Valor, on 30 July 1863, while serving with Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, in action at Petersburg, Virginia, the 45th charged into the huge crater caused by Union forces exploding tons of gunpowder under Confederate lines. In A. P. Hill's counterattack, the color-bearer of the 6th Virginia Infantry attempted to plant the regiment's battleflag at the top of the crater's parapet. Corporal Hogan shot him down and seized{{sfnp|Sightline Media Group|2020}} the colors of the 6th Virginia in Mahone's Virginia Brigade in Anderson's Division in Hill's III Corps.{{sfnp|The Werner Company|1896|p=464}}

Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Place and date: At Petersburg, VA., July 30, 1864

Citation:

The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Franklin Hogan, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 30 July 1864, while serving with Company A, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Petersburg, Virginia, for capture of flag of 6th Virginia Infantry (Confederate States of America).{{sfnp|VCOnline|2020}}{{sfnp|Sightline Media Group|2020}}{{sfnp|CMOHS|2014}}{{sfnp|Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs|1968|p=121}}{{sfnp|USACMH|2014}}

Franklin Hogan received his medal on October 1, 1864. Hogan honorably mustered out when his enlistment expired twenty days later on October 20, 1864.

Franklin Hogan returned to York and married Elizabeth Patterson. They had two sons who were both born in Pennsylvania: Edward A Hogan (1872–1929) and Harry D Hogan (1878–1943). At some time after the war, the family moved to Hutchinson, Kansas where Hogan had a farm and worked for the Kansas Salt Company.

• 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
• List of Medal of Honor recipients
• List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L

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==References==

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• {{cite book | last =Albert| first =Allen Diehl | title ='History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865 | publisher =Grit Publishing Company | year =1912 | location =Williamsport, PA | pages =530 | language =en | url =https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=Js2CAAAAIAAJ&pg=GBS.PP7 | oclc =1152226055 }}
• {{cite book| last = Dyer| first = Frederick H| author-link = | title = A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion| publisher = Dyer Pub. Co.| place = Des Moines, IA| year = 1908| asin = B01BUFJ76Q| url = https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu}}
• {{cite book | last =Roberts| first =Agatha Louise| title =As They Remembered: The Story of the Forty-Fifth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865| publisher =William-Frederick Press| year =1964| location =New York, NY| pages =181 | language =en| hdl=2027/mdp.39015008621099 | oclc =560010517 }}
• {{cite book | last =Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs| first =United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare| editor =Edward M Kennedy, Chairman| title =Medal of Honor, 1863-1968 : "In the Name of the Congress of the United States"| publisher =U.S. Government Printing Office| series =Committee print (United States. Congress), 90th Congress, 2nd session| year =1968| location =Washington DC| pages =1087 | url =https://archive.org/details/medalofhonor186300unit/page/121/mode/2up| oclc =1049691780 }}
• {{cite book | author =The Werner Company| title =The Story of American Heroism: Thrilling Narratives of Personal Adventures During the Great Civil War as Told by the Medal Winners and Roll of Honor Men| publisher =The Werner Company| year =1896| location =New York, NY| pages =798| url =https://archive.org/details/storyofamericanh00unse/page/464/mode/1up| oclc =1085307831 }}
• {{cite web | publisher =Sightline Media Group| year =2020| title =Franklin Hogan - Recipient| website =The Hall of Valor Project| url =https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/935 | access-date =19 May 2020| quote = |ref={{sfnref|Sightline Media Group|2020}}}}
• {{cite web|publisher = USACMH | year = 2014 |title=Medal of Honor Recipients|website=United States Army Center of Military History |url=http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#HOGAN | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140606203802/http://www.history.army.mil/moh/civilwar_gl.html#HOGAN |access-date=6 June 2014 | archive-date = 2014-06-06 |ref={{sfnref|USACMH|2014}}}}
• {{cite web |publisher = VCOnline | year = 2020|title=Franklin Hogan |website=THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE VICTORIA & GEORGE CROSS |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/franklin-hogan/4593378540 |access-date=2 May 2020 |ref={{sfnref|VCOnline|2020}}}}
• {{cite web |title=HOGAN, FRANKLIN| publisher = CMOHS|website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society| year = 2014|url=http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/629/hogan-franklin.php |access-date=19 August 2014 |ref={{sfnref|CMOHS|2014}}}}
• {{cite web | publisher = The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation| title =Hogan, Franklin - The National Medal of Honor Museum The National Medal of Honor Museum| website =The National Medal of Honor Museum| year = 2020| url =https://mohmuseum.org/medal_of_honor/hogan-franklin | access-date=19 May 2020}}

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• [http://www.antietam.stonesentinels.com/PA/PA45.php 45th Pennsylvania monument at Antietam Battlefield]

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