George Wilhelm was born in Scioto County, Ohio, on April 2, 1829.
During the war he fought as a captain in the Union Army in Company F of the 56th Ohio Infantry.
[1] Wilhelm was presented his Medal of Honor on November 17, 1887 for actions at Champion Hill, or Bakers Creek, Mississippi on May 16, 1863.
[2] For extraordinary heroism on 16 May 1863, while serving with, in action at Champion Hill (Baker's Creek), Mississippi.
Having been badly wounded in the breast and captured, Captain Wilhelm made a prisoner of his captor and brought him into camp.