Edward B. Wilkie

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Edward B. Wilkie[1] was a Captain in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company B.

Antebellum

War Career

  • Enlisted on August 12, 1862 in the 24th Michigan Infantry / Company A at Detroit, Michigan as Sergeant
  • Mustered in August 13, 1862 for a 3 year term of service
  • 20 years old
  • Commissioned 1st Lieutenant June 1, 1863
  • Discharged to accept promotion on October 7, 1863
  • Mustered October 7, 1863
  • Transferred to Company G on January 26, 1864
  • Commissioned Captain of Company B on January 21, 1865
  • Mustered March 20, 1865
  • Mustered out at Detroit, Michigan on June 30, 1865

Post-War Career

Family

Notes

  1. RSMVCW (24) 0160 also spells his name Edwin B. Wilkie. For now, it has been left this way.

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