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Benjamin Franklin Marsh of Illinois, 1865-1880. Marsh, Hon. Benjamin Franklin of Ill., between 1865 and 1880. Enlisted in Regt. Ill. later Colonel 16th Ill. Volunteer Infantry. [Politician and soldier: served in the 16th Illinois Infantry Regiment of the Union Army; promoted to colonel; awarded the Purple Heart when he received a piece of shrapnel in the foot].