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Federal (USV)

Private

William W. Wilkinson

(c. 1821 - ?)

Home State: Maine

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 10th Maine Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 41, from Portland, he enlisted in Company G, 10th Maine Infantry on 18 August 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in the body and legs in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He is found on the rolls of Company A, 29th Maine Infantry to June 1864.

References & notes

Early War service from the Maine Adjutant General1. Gould says he died of his Antietam wounds, but says "evidence of death not positive".

Birth

c. 1821

Notes

1   State of Maine, Adjutant General's Office, and John L. Hodsdon, AG, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Year ending December 31, 1862, Augusta: Stevens and Sayward, Printers to the State, 1863, pg. 284  [AotW citation 17383]