Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Baraboo:

Charles W. Wilson, farmer, Sec. 23; P.O. Baraboo; son of John and Emma J. Surner Wilson; came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1869; located in the village of Baraboo; located where now resides, April 1, 1880; owns 7 acres of land; born Oct. 14, 1844, in Salisbury, Conn. Married in the spring of 1870, to Maria L. Hazeltine, daughter of Phin. C and Lydia A. Hart Hazeltine; has three children - Nettie, Emma, Ettie. Mr. Wilson served in Co. C. 37th Mass. V.I., being mustered in in 1862; being a minor, only 17 years of age, his step-father, John Maston took him home, and refused to allow him to serve his country; but young Wilson, determined to fight the "Rebs" enlisted again in the 27th Regiment, under the assumed name of "Charles C. Maston" and served until the close of the war, being mustered out July 2, 1865, as First Lieutenant; he participated in twenty-seven battles; among the rest were those of Spottsylvania, three battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Deep Bottom, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Sailor Creek and Shiloh; in the battle of the Wilderness, he was wounded seven times; he was detailed on scout duty by Major Young, Chief of the scouts on Sheridan's Staff, and remained with them the last eighteen months of service; being in the Rebel lines, the scouts surrendered with Gen. Lee. Mr. Wilson by trade is a mason and wagon-maker.

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