File:Portrait of Brevet Brigadier General William Wilson on horseback.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (600 × 769 pixels, file size: 69 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

Portrait of Brevet Brigadier General William Wilson on horseback. Note: 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. Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services, #RC06186. From The history of a volunteer regiment. Being a succinct account of the organization, services and adventures of the Sixth Regiment New York Volunteers Infantry known as Wilson Zouaves. Where they went--what they did--and what they saw in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865 by Gouverneur Morris, U.S.V., (fl. 1860-1890). New York, 1891.

Publication date 1891
Date between 1861 and 1865
date QS:P,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/255271; https://archive.org/stream/succinctaccountvol00morrrich#page/n7/mode/2up
Author J. E. Taylor

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain
Public domain
This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1929, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See this page for further explanation.
United States
United States
This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current05:37, 30 April 2018Thumbnail for version as of 05:37, 30 April 2018600 × 769 (69 KB)Taterian (talk | contribs){{Information |description=Portrait of Brevet Brigadier General William Wilson on horseback. Note: 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 Barr...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Portrait_of_Brevet_Brigadier_General_William_Wilson_on_horseback.jpg&oldid=299117968"