Battery B's own War Correspondent:
Mr. Sam Wilkeson with the New York Tribune

 

Samuel Wilkeson
September 1862

Mr. Samuel Wilkeson, of the New York Tribune.

The dispatches submitted by Thomas M. Sobottke portraying New York Tribune correspondent Samuel Wilkeson and based upon research, observations at events over the years.

The dispatches are in some order but Mr. Wilkeson's rather wide travels at times make it difficult for complete order.

Samuel Wilkeson's Signature
Near Keedysville, 2 P.M.
 Maryland, 1862
Antietam
Second Bull Run
Shiloh, Tennessee
Headquarters McDowell’s Corps
Madison, Wisconsin
Fredericksburg
With the President
Gettysburg
Private Max Popp
Wilkeson at Petersburg
The Weldon Railroad
Resaca, Georgia
Getting a Look at Some Rebs
Clash at Hood Junction
 

Nineteen-year-old First Lieuteant Baynard Wilkeson, son of Samuel Wilkeson, holding his battery, Battery G, 4th U.S. Filed Artillery, on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Nineteen-year-old First Lieutenant Bayard Wilkeson, son of Samuel Wilkeson, holding his battery, Battery G, 4th U.S. Light Artillery, on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.  He would later be killed by a Confederate bullet because his battery was badly placed by his superior. 

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