Capt. Aquila Wiley

Personal
born:	February 20, 1835	place:	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
father:	William Wiley	born:		place:		died:		place:
mother:		born:		place:		died:		place:
pre-war occupation:	teacher, attorney	place:	Wooster, Ohio	post-war occupation:	attorney	place:
married:	May 19, 1876	to:	Emma Power	place:	Wooster, Ohio
wife born:	March 11,1847	place:	Wooster, Ohio	died:	June 25, 1939	place:	Wooster, Ohio
child:	Walter	born:	October, 1872	place:	Ohio	died:	November 17, 1951	place:	Seattle, Washington
child:	Ada	born:	September 9, 1875	place:	Wayne County, Ohio	died:	March 2, 1915	place:	Tucson, Arizona
died:	June 5, 1912	place:	Wooster, Ohio	cause of death:
burial:	Wooster Cemetery	place:	Wooster, Ohio

Military Career
90-day service:	April 27, 1861	1st Lieutenant	Company C	place:
appointed:	May 4, 1861	Captain	Company C
discharged:	August 18, 1861	mustered out with regiment		place:
3-year service:	September 19, 1861	Captain	Company C, 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry	place:
promoted:	March 1, 1862	Major	41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
wounded:	April 7, 1862	Major	41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry	place:	Shiloh, Tennessee
promoted:	March 1, 1862	Lt. Colonel	41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
promoted:	November 29, 1862	Colonel	41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
wounded:	November 25, 1863	Colonel	41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry	place:	Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
discharged:	June 4, 1864	mustered out with regiment		place:
breveted:	March 13, 1865	Brigadier General	(as reward for meritorious service)

Additional Details

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Aquila Wiley was a colorful and gallant soldier and a successful lawyer and politician in Ohio, after the war. Read the obituary, below, for more information on General Wiley.

Captain Aquila Wiley

Monument to 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry at Chickamauga National Battlefield

Newspaper obituary for Aquila Wiley

Gravesite of Capt. Aquila Wiley
located at Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio