James H. Wilson

Rank: Brevet Major General
Birthdate: September 2, 1837
Died on: February 23, 1925

Brevet Major General James H. Wilson led the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of the Mississippi, fighting at Corinth, South Mountain, Antietam, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga before commanding a division under Sheridan. He directed Wilson’s Raid through Alabama and Georgia in 1865, capturing Selma. He survived the war, worked as a railroad engineer, and returned to duty in the Spanish-American War and Boxer Rebellion, dying in 1925 as one of the last Union generals.

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