Draper, William F - Unit: 25th Infantry, Company: B - Enlistment Rank: Lieut, Discharge Rank: Lieut

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Draper, William F - Unit: 25th Infantry, Company: B - Enlistment Rank: Lieut, Discharge Rank: Lieut

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Draper, William Franklin, 1842-1910

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Draper was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on April 9, 1842, and was a descendant of early Massachusetts settler James Draper. Draper attended public, private, and high schools, he studied mechanical engineering and cotton manufacturing. During the American Civil War Draper enlisted as a private in the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, on September 9, 1861. He was soon elected Second Lieutenant of his company and was promoted rapidly to lieutenant colonel. After his disch...