Wilson, Claudius Charles, 1831-1863

Claudius C. Wilson (1831-1863) was born in Effingham County, Georgia, and educated at Emory College in Oxford, Georgia. He read law and was admitted to the bar in Savannah in 1852, and practiced in partnership with Rufus E. Lester under the firm name of Wilson and Lester. In 1859, he was elected Solicitor General of the Eastern Circuit (U. S. Court), but resigned in 1860. He entered the Confederate States Army as Captain of Company I, 25th Regiment. Georgia Infantry Volunteers, and was commissioned as Colonel of the Regiment in September 1861. He served at various points in South Carolina and on the Georgia Coast. In 1863, the Regiment was attached to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's command in the Vicksburg Campaign. He was ordered to Georgia and commanded a brigade under Gen. W.H.T. Walker at Chickamauga. He was recommended for promotion to Brigadier General for his distinguished service, but before he served in this capacity, he became sick and died at Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863. See Generals in Gray by E. J. Warner (1959), 339, and Men of Mark in Georgia, ed. by W.J. Northen (Atlanta, 1911: reprinted Spartanburg g, S.C. 1974) 111, 269-271.