COL Wiley, Aquila

Aquila Wiley​

Born: February 20, 1835

Birthplace: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Father: William Wiley 1801 – 1861

(Buried: Reedsburg Cemetery, Reedsburg, Ohio)​

Mother: Susan Spahr 1808 – 1881

(Buried: Reedsburg Cemetery, Reedsburg, Ohio)​

Wife: Emma Power 1847 – 1939

(Buried: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio)​

Children:

Walter Aquila Wiley 1872 – 1951​

(Buried: Acacia Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Washington)​

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Ada May Wiley Greenwell 1875 – 1915​

(Buried: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Wooster, Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1861: 1st​ Lt. 16th​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Captain, 41st​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in the left leg at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Major of 41st​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 41st​ Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regt.​

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1863 – 1864: Colonel of 41st​ Ohio Infantry Regiment

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1863: Wounded in left leg at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee​

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1863: His leg was amputated due to his leg wounds​

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1864: Discharged from the Union Army on June 7th​​

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1865: Captain in Union Army Veteran Reserve Corps​

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1865 – 1866: Major in Union Army Veteran Reserve Corps​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on March 28th​​

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1866: Brevet Brig. General Confirmed by U.S. Senate​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Wooster, Ohio​

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Wayne County, Ohio Probate Judge​

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1878: Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress, defeated by William McKinley​

Died: June 5, 1912

Place of Death: Wooster, Ohio

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio

 

[Pollaco]

My spanish is a little rusty, doesn't Aquila mean eagle?

 

[rpkennedy]

My spanish is a little rusty, doesn''t Aquila mean eagle?

It's Latin for "eagle" which becomes aigle in French and aguila in Spanish.

Ryan

 

[Mike Serpa]

Some people have been described as having an aquiline nose.

 

[Lubliner]

Wounded twice in the left leg two different times makes me think he remained mounted during battle, with that side to the enemy.
Lubliner.