Edward B. Wilkie
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Jump to navigationJump to searchEdward 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
- ↑ RSMVCW (24) 0160 also spells his name Edwin B. Wilkie. For now, it has been left this way.
Sources
- Michigan and George H. Turner, Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Volume 24. (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Ihling bros. & Everard, printers, 1900). (Page 160)
