William Tecumseh Wilson (October 6, 1823 – June 5, 1905) was a

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officer during the

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. William Tecumseh Wilson was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, on October 6, 1823.Eicher, John H., and

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, ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . p. 574. He served in the

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. He was a newspaper editor. He served as a

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in the

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Regiment, April 23, 1861. He was mustered out of the volunteers on August 27, 1861. He was appointed

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of the 15th Ohio Infantry on September 12, 1861. He resigned that commission on August 10, 1862. He was appointed lieutenant colonel of 123rd Ohio Infantry Regiment on September 9, 1862, and

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of the regiment on September 26, 1862. Wilson was captured near the end of the war at the

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on April 6, 1865. He was mustered out of the volunteers on June 12, 1865. On January 13, 1866,

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nominated Wilson for appointment to the grade of

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of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the

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confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.Eicher, 2001, p. 761. William T. Wilson died on June 5, 1905, at

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. He was buried at

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