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Upton Wilson (Louisville, KY, 1st Lieut. and Capt. 5th KY Vol Inf.)

b. 1840-03-26 d. 1863-11-25

Kentucky soldier. Kentucky native. Son of J. Wood Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson. Resident in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from September 9, 1861. Prisoner of war at Salt River, Kentucky, from October 2, 1862, to October 9, 1862. Killed at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 25, 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 7, p. 466.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0201.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 710-1.

Find A Grave, "Capt. Upton Wilson (26 Mar 1840-25 Nov 1863)," Memorial #109923502, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109923502 (accessed October 1, 2020).

Citation

Wilson, Upton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279716 (November 12, 2026).

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