Name: Eugene Wilson
Enlistment Age: 15
Birth Date: abt 1847
Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1862
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster Place: Ohio
Muster Regiment: Company A, 4th Ohio Cavalry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Date Captured: 20 Sep 1863
Imprisonment Place Cortured: Chickamauga, Georgia
Date of Death: 21 Aug 1864
Place of Death: Andersonville, Georgia
Cause of Death: Died from Disease
Side of War: Union
Survived War? No
Was POW? Yes
Burial Place: Andersonville, Georgia
Cemetery: Andersonville National Cemetery
MEMORIAL ID: 17862288
Cemetery Plot: Grave 6397
Union Civil War Soldier, Prisoner of War. After the Civil War began he volunteered to serve in the Union Army and enlisted on September 20, 1862 at the age of 15. He was mustered into service as a Private in Company A of the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He had been a sophomore at Hughes High School when he left to join. It was exactly one year from his enlistment at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863, Wulsin was captured by the Confederates. He was held as a prisoner of war and died at Andersonville Prison in Georgia from debilities when he was 17 years old. He is buried in Grave Number 6397. A cenotaph in his memory was inscripted onto his family's monument at Spring Grove Cemetery. Two of his brothers also served in the Civil War. Drausin Wulsin served with the 137th Ohio National Guard Infantry. Lucien Wulsin served with Eugene with the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
Name: Eugene Wilson
Enlistment Age: 15
Birth Date: abt 1847
Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1862
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster Place: Ohio
Muster Regiment: Company A, 4th Ohio Cavalry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Date Captured: 20 Sep 1863
Imprisonment Place Cortured: Chickamauga, Georgia
Date of Death: 21 Aug 1864
Place of Death: Andersonville, Georgia
Cause of Death: Died from Disease
Side of War: Union
Survived War? No
Was POW? Yes
Burial Place: Andersonville, Georgia
Cemetery: Andersonville National Cemetery
MEMORIAL ID: 17862288
Cemetery Plot: Grave 6397
Union Civil War Soldier, Prisoner of War. After the Civil War began he volunteered to serve in the Union Army and enlisted on September 20, 1862 at the age of 15. He was mustered into service as a Private in Company A of the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He had been a sophomore at Hughes High School when he left to join. It was exactly one year from his enlistment at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863, Wulsin was captured by the Confederates. He was held as a prisoner of war and died at Andersonville Prison in Georgia from debilities when he was 17 years old. He is buried in Grave Number 6397. A cenotaph in his memory was inscripted onto his family's monument at Spring Grove Cemetery. Two of his brothers also served in the Civil War. Drausin Wulsin served with the 137th Ohio National Guard Infantry. Lucien Wulsin served with Eugene with the 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
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