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| James R. Wilkerson 56th Infantry Regiment Orange County, North Carolina With many thanks to Joe Dunn, for sharing these images of his g-grandfather's Certificate of Release from Point Lookout Prison. |
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James R. Wilkerson enlisted in Company D, 56th Infantry Regiment, NC, on October 23, 1864. He was wounded on March 25, 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA; hospitalized in Richmond, Va; and became a POW on April 3, 1865. He was transferred to Point Lookout Federal Prison in MD on May 2, 1865 and |
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| James Wilkerson's daughter and son-in-law, Arietta and William Dunn; buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Orange County, NC. Contributed by Joe Dunn. | |||||||||||||||
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