... Sumter. William W. Wilkinson, of Charleston, formerly of the Confederate States navy, was born at Charleston in 1844, and in 1859 was appointed to the United States naval academy. He left Annapolis in December, 1860, upon the secession of his State, and returning to Charleston at once entered the State service. He was upon the staff of Col. J. J. Pettigrew for three or four months at Castle P...