Pvt Hamilton S. Wilder, (USA)

Hamilton was the son of Elliot Swift Wilder and his wife Sylvia Gilsey Howe, probably from NY.

Hamilton did not marry or have children.
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Civil War service: Pvt., Co. K, 23 MI Infantry.

"RES & ENL Davison, MI; POW 27 Jan 1864 Knoxville, TN; DPOW Andersonville, GA; Cenotaph at Pine Grove Cemetery, Genesee Co, MI."

Code No: 18076
Grave No: 8076
Last Name: Wilder
First Name: Hamilton S.
Rank: Private
Company: K
Regiment: 23
State: MI
Branch Of Service : Infantry
Date of Death: 9/7/1864
Cause of Death: Scorbutus
Remarks* H. S. WILDER [2][3]
Reference: p 26 [3]; p 1058 [411] 23rd MI ADG Rpt 114
Place Captured: Knoxville, Tennessee
Date Captured: 1/27/1864
Alternate Names:
Status: Died at Andersonville
Muster date: 9/11/1862
Age at Muster: 23
More Information Available : NO

2 = Headstones of Andersonville National Cemetery; March 1990.

3 = List of Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville; Dorence Atwater, 1865.

411 = Alphabetical General Index, Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Individual Records; Coleman C. Vaughan, 1915.
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Headstone photo taken by Kevin Frye
Andersonville Historian

www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/
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5 WILDER siblings:

1. Helen Theresa Wilder
2. [Self] Hamilton S. Wilder
3. Julie Wilder
4. Delitch Wilder
5. Sarah Wilder
6. George Wilder
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Research: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
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Research: Mary E. Warner, 2013.
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Cenotaph located in Pine Grove Cemetery (sometimes called Kitchen Cemetery), Davison Township, Davison, Genesee, MI, recorded by Len Thomas, 2009.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 12 2023, 16:40:57 UTC