Pvt. Adam Weidner

Pvt. Adam Weidner

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

C Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Elgin Sharpshooters

   Mustered In Sept. 6, 1862.
   Listed home of record as Cairo, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield rifled musket.
   Wounded in Action, action at Arkansas Post.
   Mustered Out June 5, 1865 as wounded.
Known actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La. June 13, 1863
Collierville         Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga.         May 13, 1864
Conasine Creek, Ga. May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills, Ga. May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga. July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga.         Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga.         Sept. 15, 1864

         Obit; Jan. 4, 1900 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
      Adam Weidner, one of the est known farmers in this section died this morning after an illness of a complication of diseases lasting about three months.  He leaves a widow, but no children.
      Mr. Weidner was about 61 years of age.  He enlisted from Hampshire in Company C, 127th Illinois infantry, Aug. 7, 1862, and was mustered out June 5, 1865.  His record was a good one.  He was wounded in the battle of Arkansas Post, Ark.
      The funeral will be held at noon Saturday at his late home, near Pingree Grove, and the burial will be in Washington cemetery.

   Buried at Washington Cemetery in McQueen's Station, Ill.