 Their father, Samuel Wilkeson, was a newspaper correspondent who covered the Civil War for "The New York Times" and was present at Gettysburg during the battle in which 19-year-old Bayard was killed.A year later, 16-year-old Frank ran away from home and on March 26, 1864, joined the Union Army.Claiming he was an 18-year-old farmer, young Wilkeson enlisted in the 11th Battery of the New York Light Artillery.