Frank F. Head
Born: 1839.
Died: July 22, 1861 - Died of Wounds received at 1st Bull Run.
Buried: Unknown.
Occupation: Unknown.
Enlisted: April 18, 1861 at Brooklyn, New York to serve 3 years (aged 22 years).
Mustered In: May 23, 1861 as sergeant in Company C.
Wounded in Action: July 21, 1861 at the Battle of 1st Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia.
Died of Wounds: July 22, 1861.
GAR Post #16 is named in his honor.
Quartermaster Alex Barney's story of how Frank Head met his death:
"Just as we were going into battle, General Wadsworth - that gray-haired old veteran whom the soldiers all loved - rode up. He held a revolver in one hand and with the other he caught the edge of the colors and 'Follow Me, Boys!' Head replied 'General, I'll follow you anywhere!' We charged among a lot of short pines when, looking back, we found that our line had been broken and that we were occupying an advanced position. We could see the rebels some distance in front of us, and for a moment we were undecided what to do. It was here that Frank Head received his fatal wound. We helped him along for a while and then he begged us to leave him. 'Never mind me, boys, save the colors!' We made him as comfortable as possible and pressed forward. He died soon after, but his body was recovered and his name perpetuated in Frank Head Post #16 GAR Brooklyn."
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