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Wilson  Co. E.</B></I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="6311a520.jpg" border=0 width="282" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="6391c360.jpg" border=0 width="284" height="54" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>      Erastus B. Wilson was born on March 28, 1845 in Richland Co, Ohio. He was the son of Samuel Wilson and Zeruah Finharty . After the war, he married Sarah Calhoun . He suffered from leg and circulation problems later in life brought on by a number of forced marches in horrible conditions during the war. He has only one</div> <div> child, Alberta Wilson . He died in 1888.</div> <div>      Erastus B. Wilson engaged as a soldier in the defence of his country August 11, 1862. He enlisted in Company B. 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private and was promoted to corporal in September 1863, and to sargeant in January, 1865, at Morganza, La.</div> <div>      The regiment was assigned to the 3rd brigade, 4th division, 13th army corp. They consolidated with the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, President Garfield's old regiment, in August,1863 and became Co. E. of the 114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on November 27, 1864. A third consolidation in June 1865, made them members of the 48th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry.</div> <div>      Wilson participated with his regiment in the battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, which began on the 26th of December, 1862. For four days their command were under fire. They were short of rations and subsisted on coffee and hardtack. At the charge on fort at Arkanasas Post, their reg- iment was the first to enter the fort, and Mr. Wilson assisted the color-bearer to plant the flag on the ramparts.</div> <div>      He was taken prisoner May 3, 1864, while on the Red River expedition. The enemy fired into their transport, completely demolishing the boiler and the pilot house, which so disabled the boat that drifted to the bank of the river, and several hundred men were taken by the rebels. Mr. Wilson climbed the steep bank of the river under fire from the artillery and infantry, and, with one hundred fifty others, succeeded in making his escape to the woods.</div> <div>      Here they hired a negro to pilot them across the river above the enemy, and they reached Alexandria, La., safely. The distance they had traveled was short, but it had taken them from noon until four o'clock the following afternoon to reach their lines, and meanwhile they had eaten nothing. Their wants were soon supplied , however, and they remained here untill the 8th of May, when they were ordered to the front.</div> <div>      They assisted in holding the rebel army in check until General Banks came down the river with his fleet of gunboats, and on May 13, they began their retreat.</div> <div>      At Morganza Landing, La. they camped until the 4th of September. They were engaged in patroling the Mississippi and its tributaties, until they were ordered to New Orleans to make preparations for the campaign against Mobile, Ala.</div> <div>      On January 25, 1863 they went to Pensacola, Fla., and leaving there March 20, 1863,. they marched to Canoe Station. The roads were so bad they were obliged to throw rails down for the wagons to pass over, and then pull them through by hand. On the 25th of the month they entered into a heavy skirmish with the enemy, capturing a number of prisoners and mortally wounding the rebel General Cranton. To add to the hardships of this march they were on half rations. Often they gathered up the corn left by the cavalry horses and parched it to appease their hunger.</div> <div>      Mr.Wilson entered into a series of battles and skirmished in front of Fort Blakeley, where they were actively engaged during more then a week, and dug holes in the ground with their bayonets to protect themselves from the fire of the rebel batteries. He also engaged in the battles of Thompsons Hills, Miss. the siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Jackson, Miss. and the encounter with the enemy at Snaggy Point, La.</div> <div>      During his service of three years and two months he was on active duty at all times. When he was but 17 years old, William Pritchard took him and three comrades to Lucas, Ohio, to inlist, Of these four boys, Wilson alone returned, the other three sacrificed their lives for their country. Of the company but 15 out of 112 men mustered in, came back to their homes. </div> <div>      Wilson was discharged at Houston, Texas, Oct. 15, 1865. He is a member of McLaughin Post, No. 131, G.A.R.</div> <div> Mr. Wilson owns a farm near Independence ( Butler), Richland County, Ohio, which he is occupied in cultivating.</div> <bR> <div>      The preceding Civil War exploits by past area residents were taken from " Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia," published in 1885 by H.H.</div> <div> Hardesty & Co.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Photo and history provided by Roger and Jeremy Ward</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="diary_of_a_union_soldier__elias_d__moore_114th_ohio_volunteer_infantrydiary_of_a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="114th OVI History"><U>114th OVI History</U></A>   <A HREF="id208.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Roster"><U>Roster</U></A>   <A HREF="id196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Battles"><U>Battles</U></A>    <A HREF="diary_of_a_union_soldier__elias_d__moore_114th_ohio_volunteer_infantry4c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pictures"><U>Pictures</U></A>    <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Roll of Honor"><U>Roll of Honor</U></A>    </div> <div> <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vicksburg File"><U>Vicksburg Documents</U></A>       <A HREF="id184.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letters Home"><U>Letters Home</U></A>      <A HREF="id200.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Descendants"><U>114th Descendants</U></A>   </div> <div> <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Obituary"><U>Obituary</U></A>    <A HREF="diary_of_a_union_soldier__elias_d__moore_114th_ohio_volunteer_infantry76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Accolades"><U>Accolades</U></A>   <A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hard Tack "><U>Hard Tack</U></A>   <A HREF="diary_of_a_union_soldier__elias_d__moore_114th_ohio_volunteer_infantry4d.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bugle Calls"><U>Bugle Calls</U></A>   <A HREF="diary_of_a_union_soldier__elias_d__moore_114th_ohio_volunteer_infantry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Related Links</U></A> </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="They Were the 114th O.V.I."><U><IMG SRC="0781e240.png" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>   <A HREF="http://www.toolzone.com/isuite/bin/regsign.cgi?UID=TZ096430&APPID=GuestSign&LANG=english"> Sign my Guestbook </A> --- <A HREF="http://www.toolzone.com/isuite/bin/registry.cgi?UID=TZ096430&APPID=GuestSign&LANG=english"> View my Guestbook </A>  </div> <div>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://pub15.bravenet.com/counter/code.php?id=176950&usernum=1214804337&cpv=2"></script>   </div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="They Were the 114th O.V.I."><U><IMG SRC="0781e240.png" border=0 width="30" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>