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Charles Bond Wilson joined the 34th Illinois infantry company A in the civil war. In the battle of Shiloh he fired the first shot in the battle leaving his mark in the history of the battle of Shiloh, he was also wounded in Shiloh likely taking a mini ball to his shoulder. On December 31st 1862 he and his company awaited for an enemy attack at Stone river but it was foggy and the enemy fired at his company, he and the rest of his company had to retreat and give ground, but the unit Terry’s Texas Rangers had used the fog and most to their advantage and circled Charles by the rear capturing him along with 63 other people of his same company. After some time being a POW likely in the Belle Isle Camp in Richmond. In December of 1863 he escaped his prison somehow, but the guards took notice and they got out their bloodhounds, Charles heard the bloodhounds and started running, he came across a river or creek possibly the James river and he jumped in it, it removed his scent from the air and the blood hounds lost his scent. For two days he wandered through forests and fields until he got to Union Lines, he later would get back to his unit.