Wilson attended the University of Virgina after leaving R-MC and studied law. He enlisted as 2nd lieutenant in Co. A of the 6th VA infantry on April 22, 1861. On May 1, 1862, he was promoted to 1st lieutenant, and on November 17, 1862, he became captain of the company. Wilson was captured at Turkey Ridge during the Battle of Cold Harbor (VA) on June 8, 1864 and sent from White House Landing on the Pamunkey River to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD, and then transferred to the prison camp at Fort Delaware, DE. He remained there until he took the oath of allegiance on June 17, 1865 and was released.
After the war, he returned to Norfolk, where he operated a book and stationery store until 1874, when he sold it and became a farmer in Norfolk County. Wilson died on January 7, 1912 and is buried in Norfolk's Elmwood Cemetery.
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