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Private
Company H
6th Illinois Cavalry
United States
Civil War
Solomon Wheeler
14 October 1837
24 November 1925 |
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Cemetery
Marker
New Prospect Cemetery
Hamilton County IL
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Military
Record
source: Database of Illinois Civil War
Veterans
www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/civilwar.html
NAME RANK COMPANY UNIT RESIDENCE
WHEELER, SOLOMON PVT H 6 IL US CAV MC LEANSBORO
source: Roster of Company
H 6th Illinois Cavalry
www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/acm/cav006-h.htm
NAME RANK RESIDENCE DATE OF MUSTER REMARKS
WHEELER, SOLOMON PRIVATE MCLEANSBORO JAN 9, 1862 DISCHARGED NOV 18, 1862
source: Civil War Soldiers And
Sailors System
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html
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Solomon Wheeler
Regiment Name: 6th Illinois Cavalry
Side: Union
Company: H
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private |
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Commanders
source: Roster of Company H 6th Illinois
Cavalry
www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/reg_html/c06cav.htm
Samuel P. Maxey - Captain
Daniel M. Maulding - Captain
Walter B. Maulding - 1st Lieutenant
James M. Blades - 1st Lieutenant
Samuel C. Marshall - 2nd Lieutenant
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6th Illinois
Cavalry
source: Dyer's History of 6th
Illinois Cavalry
www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/acm/cav006-h.htm
19 Nov 1861 |
Organized at Camp Butler IL |
25 Nov 1861 |
Moved to Shawneetown IL |
| Feb 1862 |
Moved first to Paducah KY, then to Columbus KY |
| June 1862 |
Moved to Memphis TN |
Dec 1862 to
4 Jul 1863 |
Participated in seige of Vicksburg MS |
| 17 Apr 1863 to 2 May 1863 |
Participated in Grierson's Raid from Lagrange TN to Baton Rouge LA |
| 30 Nov 1864 |
Participated in Battle of Franklin |
| 13-14 Dec 1864 |
Participated in Battle of Nashville |
| 5 Nov 1865 |
Mustered out at Selma AL |
| 17 Nov 1865 |
Ordered to Springfield IL |
| 20 Nov 1865 |
Discharged |
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