Wilson, James Harrison

Life Span
to
Full name
James Harrison Wilson
Place of Birth
Shawneetown, IL
Burial Place
Wilmington, DE
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
1
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
2
Family
Harrison Wilson (father), Katherine SnyderWIlson (mother), Ella Andrews (wife) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Other Education
McKendree College (IL)
Occupation
Military
Businessman
Other
Other Occupation
Engineer
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
In central Alabama, Union cavalry push back an outnumbered General Nathan Bedford Forest at the Battle of Ebenezer Church
In a bloody assault, Union troops take the fortified armaments manufacturing town of Selma, Alabama
How to Cite This Page: "Wilson, James Harrison," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/43698.