Cpl. Henry Weightman

Cpl. Henry Weightman

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. B       36th Ill. Dragoons

Re-Designaged as,

Co. K       15th Ill. Cav.

Clinton's Rangers

   Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861.

        Notice: Sept. 11, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   With the Fox River Regiment, in camp below Aurora, all our readers are well acquainted.  From the moment of its conception to the present hour it has gone right on to a full and complete success.  It is now 1200 strong and will, no doubt, be ordered to St. Louis in a few days there to be equipped and put into the Grand Army.

   Residence, Plato, Ill's.
   Mustered In, Sept. 23, 1861.
   Discharged July 1862 due to Disability.
      Known Actions;
 Ft. Henry, Tenn.,       Feb. 7, 1862
Ft. Donnelson, Tenn.       Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.       April 7, 1862

        From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Died June 8, 1879.
Buried at Udina, Ill. Cemetery.