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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramPortrait of Brevet Brigadier General William Wilson on horseback.
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Appointed Colonel 6th N.Y. Infantry, April 19, 1861. Known as Billy Wilson's Zouaves (a.k.a. Wilson's Fighting Brigade), the regiment was recruited in New York City, organized under Colonel William Wilson, and accepted by the state on May 22, 1861. They left N.Y. on June 15, 1861, serving in the Department of Florida at Santa Rosa Island and Fort Jefferson. They also served at Pensacola and Barrancas, Fla., and Port Hudson, Irish Bend and Bayou Vermillion, La. Wilson received the rank of brevet brigadier general, March 13, 1865.
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