Lt. (CSA) Franklin Bache DuBarry

• Dubarry, F.B.
• BATTLE UNIT NAME: Dent's Battery, Light Artillery, CSA
• SIDE: Confederacy
• COMPANY:
• SOLDIER'S RANK IN: First Lieutenant
• SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: First Lieutenant
• ALTERNATE NAME:
• Francis/DuBary
• FILM NUMBER:
• M818 ROLL 7
• PLAQUE NUMBER:
• NOTES:
• General Note - Original filed under Francis/DuBary

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He sustained in action a mortal wound. He was taken by his wife Caroline and his brother on board the FANNY, a blockade runner, which was chased by the U.S. Gunboats from Wilmington to Nassau, and on the way he died, and was buried at sea.

Capt. Franklin Bache du Barry was a son of Dr. Edmund L. DuBarry (1797-1853) and Emma Duane DuBarry. Dr. DuBarry was a friend and personal physician to Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte, former king of Spain. His grandfather was a nephew of the famous Madame DuBarry, mistress of King Louix XV. Emma DuBarry's parents were Col. William Duane (1760-85) and Margaret Hartman Markoe Bache, widow of Benjamin Franklin Bache who was a grandson of Benjamin Franklin.

Died on board the steamer Fann during her trip from Wilmington.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 20 2019, 19:11:47 UTC