Five feet 8 inches tall, sandy hair, blue eyes; 29 years, 8 months, 7 days of age on day of the Raid. Author The Adventures of Alf Wilson.

Born July 25, 1832, near Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, to Ezekiel Wilson; mother unknown.

Died March 18, 1904, Perrysburg, Ohio.

Buried Union Hill Cemetery, between Perrysburg and Bowling Green, Ohio.

Married Gretta Hale.

Enrolled as Pvt. Co. C 21st Ohio Inf. Regt., Aug. 29, 1861, Findlay, Ohio, three years. Volunteered Andrews Raid. Discharged, Sept. 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga., due to expiration of term of service.

Saw action in Andrews Raid.

Captured near Stevenson, Ala., April 24, 1862; escaped Fulton County Jail, Atlanta, Ga., Oct., 1862; picked up by Union gunboat, Gulf of Mexico, Nov. 10, 1862. Hospitalized Murfeesboro, Tenn., May and June 1863.

Awarded Medal of Honor September 1863. Medal on display at Congressional Medal of Honor Museum, Patriot Point, SC.

Pension $24 per month, No. 258,375.

NORTH

Andrews | Bensinger
Brown | Buell
Buffum | Campbell
Dorsey | Hawkins
Knight | Llewellyn
Mason | Mitchel
Parrott | Pittenger
Porter | Reddick
Robertson | Ross
Scott | Shadrach
Slavens | Smith
G.Wilson | J.Wilson
Wollam | Wood

SOUTH
Bond | Bracken
Cain | Cox
Fuller | Haney
Harbin | Henderson
Martin | Murphy
Smith | Stokley

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