Claudius C. Wilson

Claudius Charles Wilson (October 1, 1831 – November 27, 1863) was a Confederate States Army colonel and brigade commander during the American Civil War. Wilson's promotion to brigadier general on November 16, 1863, was confirmed posthumously. Wilson was a lawyer and U.S. Solicitor general for eastern Georgia before the Civil War. Wilson died of a fever while in camp at Ringgold, Georgia, on November 26, 1863.

Early life Claudius C. Wilson was born October 1, 1831, at Effingham County, Georgia. He was the son of Dr. Josiah Stewart Wilson of Liberty County, Georgia, and the great-grandson of Brigadier General Daniel Stewart, a brigadier general in the Georgia Militia who served during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

Wilson graduated with highest honors from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia, in 1851. He became a lawyer at Savannah, Georgia, the following year. They had four children, two of whom, John M. Wilson and Anna Belle Karow, were living in Savannah, Georgia, when their mother died in May 1904. In 1862, the regiment was stationed at points along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, including Tybee Island until the Confederates evacuated it and including Savannah.

Wilson's brigade was attached to General Joseph E. Johnston's forces attempting to relieve the Siege of Vicksburg Mississippi in early 1863 and later in defending Jackson, Mississippi.

Burial Claudius Charles Wilson was buried at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia.