ALEXANDER, FRANK and JOHN PLANKEY -- 83rd and 91st INFANTRYTWO BROTHERS RETURNED - Frank Plankey, a private in the 83rd Infantry,who had been with them for less than nine months, was wounded in actionon May 8, 1864, at Spotsylvania and died on three weeks later inAlexandria, VA. When his brothers heard their older brother had died,two of them, Alexander and John enlisted in the 91st Infantry inPlattsburgh on August 18th. They were sons of Jean-Baptiste PlantierLagrande from La Prairie, Quebec, and his two wives who had nineteenchildren between them.Alexander and John met up with the newly reorganized 91st after the3-year men who wanted to be sent home left, new recruits who were takenon and the remainder who re-enlisted. In the autumn of 1864, theregiment returned to Baltimore, where it was assigned to the 2ndseparate brigade, 8th corps. In March 1865, the regiment, minus onecompany which remained at Baltimore, was ordered to Petersburg. Theytook part in the closing operations of the Siege of Petersburg and thenwent on the Appomattox Campaign. The regiment was mustered out nearWashington, July 3, 1865. Alexander mustered out with his regiment,however, John was discharged from hospital in Hanover Hospital inPhiladelphia. He had had been wounded in the right elbow at the Battleof Gravelly Run on March 29, 1865, and later had his arm amputated.Frank was buried in hospital grounds and then in the Alexandria NationalCemetery.In later life, Alexander was sick for many years with heart problems anddied in 1920 in the National Home for Disabled Volunteers in Dayton, OH.He was buried in the adjoining cemetery.John moved to New Hampshire with his family. He died in 1916 and wasburied beside his wife in the Penacook Calvary Cemetery in Penacook.The brothers' father and his second wife are buried in Redford.
