Wilson, a farmer in Norfolk county, VA, enlisted as a private in Co. B of the 5th VA Cavalry. he was discharged for disability on December 7, 1861. The surgeon's certificate states that he had suffered from chronic diarrhea and "is now suffering from 'anthrax' and will not be able to resume the active duties of a soldier..."
He returned to farming in Norfolk County. In the 1877 Norfolk city directory and in the 1880 census, he is listed as teaching school.
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