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Weaver, John - Pvt - Co D - 4 IL US CAV
Join, 18Aug1861-Joliet, IL
Trans to Co C 14Oct1861
Weaver, John - Pvt - Co C - 4 IL US CAV
Residence, Mokena, Will Co, IL; Join, 15Aug1861
Died, Dec1862 near Richmond VA while a prisoner
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
John Weaver - Pvt - Co C - 4 IL US CAV
Enlisted - 15Aug1861
POW
Died as a prisoner 15Dec1862 in Near Richmond, VA
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