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Federal (USV)

Private

Matthias Wilkinson

(c. 1838 - 1862)

Home State: Delaware

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 1st Delaware Infantry

Before Antietam

A 23 year old farmer, he enlisted as a Private in Company E, First Delaware Infantry on 26 September 1861 at Georgetown, DE.

On the Campaign

He was reported missing in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and later "supposed to be dead" in the Company Descriptive Book.

The rest of the War

He was still listed as missing since Antietam on the Company muster-out roll of 12 July 1865.

References & notes

Service information from the State of Delaware1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3.

Birth

c. 1838; Worcester County, MD

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1   State of Delaware, Adjutant General's Office, Civil War Military records for Delaware Units, Published 1861-, first accessed 31 January 2015, <http://archives.delaware.gov/CivilWar/volumes/>, Source page: Muster Out Roll, First Delaware Infantry  [AotW citation 13731]

2   US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who served in US Volunteer organizations enlisted for service during the Civil War, Record Group No. 94 (Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927  [AotW citation 27766]