Samuel Wilkeson

September 1862

Near Keedysville 2 P.M.

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.

Maryland Roads 1862

Battle of Antietam near Hagerstown, Maryland

29 August 1862
With King’s Division Near

Manassas Junction 5 A.M.

Shiloh

Headquarters McDowell’s Corps 1862

Saturday, 18 June, 1864 Camp Randall, 9 PM

Madison, Wisconsin

With Gibbon’s Brigade

Near Orange Court House,
Virginia
26 July 1862

OUR PRESIDENT INSPECTS THE DEFENSES OF THE CAPITOL YET RUMORS PERSIST OF A PLAN TO EMANCIPATE THE SLAVES

Samuel Wilkeson

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

Powder Boy at Gettysburg

Wilkeson at Petersburg

SKIRMISH AT CEDAR RUN

With Grant In the Wilderness