Claudius C. Wilson


Claudius Charles Wilson was a Confederate States Army colonel and brigade commander during the American Civil War. Wilsons promotion to brigadier general on November 16, 1863 was confirmed posthumously. Wilson was a lawyer and U.S. Solicitor general for eastern Georgia before the Civil War. Wilson died of a fever while in camp at Ringgold, Georgia on November 27, 1863.

Claudius C. Wilson was born October 1, 1831 at Effingham County, Georgia. He was the son of Dr. Josiah Stewart Wilson of Liberty County, Georgia, and the greatgrandson of Brigadier General Daniel Stewart, a brigadier general in the Georgia Militia who served during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

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