Wilbur Fisk

Wilbur Fisk, c. 1861-1864

Anti-rebel: The Civil Letters of Wilbur Fisk, by Emil Rosenblatt

Quick Facts

Significance:

US Army Civil War veteran

Place of Birth:

Sharon, Vt.

Date of Birth:

June 7, 1839

Place of Death:

Geneva, Kans.

Date of Death:

March 12, 1914

Place of Burial:

Freeborn, Minn.

Cemetery Name:

Freeborn Cemetery

Wilbur Fisk sent letters to a Vermont newspaper during the Civil War. He joined the US Army believing he would regret it if he didn’t. In 1864, Fisk wrote of the Shenandoah Valley, “the people have tasted the bitter fruit of secession and have had enough of it.”