Wilkinson, whose name variantly appears as Wilkerson, enlisted as a sergeant in Co. C of the 20th VA Infantry on May 20, 186 and served until it was disbanded. On August 1, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co. G of the 9th VA Cavalry, serving until the end of the war. He was captured and paroled on April 17, 1865 at Blacks and Whites, now Blackstone, in Nottoway County, VA.
After the war, Wilkinson returned to Lunenburg County, VA and farmed. He died on January 29, 1908 and is buried in Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lunenburg County, VA.
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