Pvt. Lewis Wheeler

Pvt. Lewis Wheeler

29th United States Colored Troops

   Mustered In  Sept. 2, 1864 as a Substitute.
   Home of record listed as Buffalo, New York.
   Mustered Out Sept. 2, 1864, the same day.
Known actions;
Poplar Grove Church     Sept. 29, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Va.         Oct. 27, 1864
 
   Moved to Elgin, Ill. in 1893.

   Obit: Died June 18, 1923 at his home on 488 Fremont St.  Undertaker retained, Wait, Ross, Allanson.

   Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.