Ah, yes, it’s that time again. The fergit-hell crowd is ready for a double-barreled memorial to the traitorous Arkansan hanged for spying on Union forces in Little Rock back in the day. A loving advance article appeared today in the Lost Cause’s newspaper of record. More coverage is surely to come in the days ahead.
There’ll be no trooping to cemeteries or memorial services for William J. Franks, though he’s more deserving than the criminal “boy martyr,” David O. Dodd. Franks entered the Navy at DeValls Bluff in 1864, on the side of the Union. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for bringing a howitzer to defend Yazoo City, Miss. Despite fierce rebel attacks, he and his crew were never driven from the cannon.
Check out a few more men with Arkansas ties who don’t receive the turncoat’s annual canonization. And read on for a yet another Arkansan more deserving than the little spy.