Military commission of John Wilkes Wilkeson, 1865 Sept. 18.

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Military commission of John Wilkes Wilkeson, 1865 Sept. 18.

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Commission awarded posthumously for gallant and meritorious service in the field. Wilkeson died during the Battle of Fair Oaks in command of Company K, 100th New York Infantry.

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Wilkeson, John Wilkes, 1834-1862.

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United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 100th (1862-1865). Company K.

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New York (State). Governor (1865-1869 : Fenton)

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Fenton, Reuben E. (Reuben Eaton), 1819-1885

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Born in the Town of Carroll, Chautauqua County, New York on 4 July 1819, and was educated in a rural school. At the age of twenty he moved to Jamestown, where he entered the lumber business and soon became a prosperous merchant. He also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. Elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1852, he vigorously opposed the extention of Slavery, and soon afterward joined the Republican Party and was elected to Congress of that party, representing the Chautauqua Distr...