Walter Henry Wild
Walter Henry Wild was born on June 19, 1836, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Charles and Mary Wild. His father was a physician who owned $20,000 of real estate by 1850. He grew up and attended school in Brookline, Massachusetts, and he attended Harvard University in the early 1850s.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on April 17, 1861, and he mustered in as a corporal in the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery on May 2. He mustered out on August 6, 1861. He rejoined the Union army the following year, mustering into the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. In March 1863, he was promoted to 1st lieutenant in Company K of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. The regiment took part in the assault on Fort Wagner.
 
Then, in August 1863, he was promoted to captain in the 36th USCT Infantry. The regiment took part in the siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox campaign. He mustered out on August 14, 1866.
 
He married Helen M. Conklin in Texas on March 17, 1866, and they had at least two children: Ella, born around 1869; and Charles, born around 1876. The family lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, and he worked as a bookkeeper. He may have separated from his wife, as the 1870, 1880, and 1900 censuses all list the couple living separately. His wife died in 1907, and by 1910, he was living in his niece’s household in North Andover, Massachusetts. He died in 1922.
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(4816)Wild, Walter Henry1836-06-191922
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Captain
  • Rank highest: Captain
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 21

  • (13350) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Edward A. Wild, 20 April 186X
  • (13351) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to John A. Andrew, 3 June 1863
  • (13352) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Sister, 8 June 1863
  • (13353) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Susanna S. Wood, 8 July 1863
  • (13354) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild, 27 December 1863
  • (13355) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild et al., 15 July 1863
  • (13356) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild, 17 October 1863
  • (13357) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild, 29 April 1864
  • (13358) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild, 21 January 1865
  • (13359) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild, 17 May 1865
  • (13360) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild, 15 April 1866
  • (13361) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Laura M. Phipps, 12 May 1861
  • (13362) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild and Helen M. Conklin to Mary J. Wild, 21 May 1866
  • (13373) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Susanna S. Wood, 6 June 1861
  • (13393) [associated with] ~ Edward A. Wild Receipt, 15 September 1873
  • (13394) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild, 1 October 186X
  • (13395) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild et al., 12 May 1862
  • (13396) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Mary J. Wild and Sister, 19 July 1862
  • (13397) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Susanna S. Wood, 14 October 1862
  • (13398) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Susanna S. Wood, 29 April 1863
  • (13492) [writer] ~ Walter H. Wild to Susanna S. Wood, 13 July 186X

People - Records: 10

  • (4816) Wild, Walter Henry is the [sibling of] (4815) Wild, Edward Augustus
  • (4816) Wild, Walter Henry is the [aunt/uncle of] (5529) Wild, Elsie
  • (4817) Phipps, Laura Matilda is the [sibling of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry
  • (4818) Wood, Susanna Seraphina is the [sibling of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry
  • (4819) Wild, Mary Joanna is the [parent of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry
  • (4821) Conklin, Helen Maria is the [wife of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry
  • (4828) Wood, George Augustus is the [sibling-in-law of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry
  • (4830) Wild, Frances Ellen is the [sibling-in-law of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry
  • (4831) Cushing, Mary Heath is the [sibling of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry
  • (4833) Cushing, Edward Jarvis is the [sibling-in-law of] (4816) Wild, Walter Henry

Places - Records: 2

  • (1583) [birth] ~ Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  • (495) [death] ~ Massachusetts

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Regiments - Records: 4

  • (263) [enlisted] ~ 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
  • (1228) [enlisted] ~ 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery
  • (1089) [officer] ~ 36th USCT Infantry
  • (1090) [officer] [K] ~ 54th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; School Catalogs, 1765-1935, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Walter H. Wild, available from Fold3.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com;