F. C. Wilson

Confederate (CSA)

Captain

Franklin Caruthers Wilson

"Frank"

(1841 - 1917)

Home State: Virginia

Education: Washington (now Wash & Lee) College, Class of 1860

Command Billet: Commanding Regiment

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 27th Virginia Infantry

see his Battle Report

Before Sharpsburg

He had service, probably a a Private, in the 2nd Virginia Infantry, and was commissioned Captain in the 27th Virginia Infantry, date not known.

On the Campaign

He commanded the regiment as senior officer present in Maryland.

After the War

Following the war he taught for one year at Washington College, and then studied medicine at the University of Virginia. After receiving his medical degree, he practiced in New York City and later in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a Professor at the College of Medicine in Louisville from 1874-1904.

References & notes

Details above from the Gaylord B. Clark Album in the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Archives, Lexington. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

07/26/1841; Lexington, VA

Death

03/27/1917; Dunelin, FL; burial in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY