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Federal (USV)

Private

Solomon Wilson

(c. 1822 - 1862)

Home State: New Hampshire

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 5th New Hampshire Infantry

Before Antietam

From Shelburne, he enlisted at age 40 in Company B, 5th New Hampshire Infantry on 22 July 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Antietam.

The rest of the War

He was wounded again, at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862, and died of his wounds on 15 December in Washington, DC.

References & notes

Basic information from Child1.

Birth

c. 1822; Shelburne, NH

Death

12/15/1862; Washington, DC

Notes

1   Child, M.D., William, A History of the Fifth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, Bristol (NH): R.W. Musgrove, Printer, 1893, Roster pp. 187 - 202  [AotW citation 13477]