Members of Augustus van Horne Ellis Camp #124 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War conducted a graveside ceremony in honor of Colonel Alexander Wilkin at Slate Hill Cemetery in Goshen.
Members of Augustus van Horne Ellis Camp #124 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War stand in front of the 124th New York Infantry monument in Goshen.
Patriotic Instructor Rick Frustraci reads the names of the fallen on the 124th New York Infantry Monument in Goshen.
The headstone of Colonel Alexander Wilkin of the 9th Minnesota Infantry, in Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen. He died in the Civil War Battle of Tupelo in 1864.
Members of Augustus van Horne Ellis Camp #124 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War held a Memorial Day service for Colonel Alexander Wilkin, of the 9th Minnesota Infantry, who was buried in Slate Hill stand after being killed in the Battle of Tupelo in 1864. Members of the group are descended from Union veterans or just want to memorialize them.