Wilber Elliott Wilder
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Wilber Elliott Wilder was a United States Army Brigadier General who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for rescuing a wounded soldier under heavy fire.
Wilder in 1918 as commander of the 168th Infantry Brigade, 84th Division.
General Wilder with his staff of the 168th Inf. Brigade. His son Wilbur is seated next to him. France, October 1918
Wesley Merritt
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Wesley Merritt was an American major general who served in the cavalry of the United States Army during the American Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War. Following the latter war
Wilber Elliott Wilder
…daughters. After Violet's death, Wilder remarried in 1921 to widow Rose Dimond Phinney Grosvenor and then to Laura Williams Merritt, widow of General Wesley Merritt. He outlived them both and, at the time of his death, was the oldest surviving graduate of the Academy. He died in Governors Island, New York but was…
Major General Wesley Merritt
Major General Wesley Merritt. Photograph taken sometime between 1864 and 1866.