Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database:
Worthington, Wellington - Pvt - Co B - 20 IL US INF
Residence, Joliet, Will Co, IL; Joined, 13Jun1861; Age 18; Born, Joliet, Will Co, IL
Height, 5' 9"; Hair, light; Eyes, blue; Complexion, fair; Single; Painter
Discharged 07Feb1863
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Wellington Worthingham - Pvt - Co B - 20th Infantry Regiment Illinois
Residence, Joliet, IL; Enlisted , 13Jun1861
Discharged, 07Feb1863
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
Civil War Pension Index (ancestry.com):
Worthingham, Wellington B.
Service - B 20 Ill. Inf.
Date of filing - 1896Nov29; Invalid; Appl #1183199; Cert #939.297; Ill.
Worthingham, Wellington B.
Widow - Worthingham, Elnora
Date of filing - 1907Dec23; Widow; Appl #881857; Cert #663747; Ill.
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
Worthingham, Wellington B. - 20 Illinois Infantry
Died, 15Dec1907; Buried - Riverview, Marseilles, LaSalle Co, IL
Headstone Reading,
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical/Historical Material:
(See also - Morrison Worthingham (father); Jacob B. Worthingham (brother))
20th Illinois Infantry (Wellington Worthingham Service):
May 14, 1861 - Organized at Joliet, Illinois
June 13, 1861 - Mustered into the service of the United States at Joliet, for a term of three years
October 20, 1861 - Battle of Fredericktown
February 13-16, 1862 - Entered Ft. Donelson and remained there until March 5, 1862
April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh
April 8-June 4, 1862 - Advance on Corinth, MS
(July 16, 1865 - Regiment mustered out of the service at Louisville, KY)
(July 24, 1865 - Received final pay at Chicago, IL, and disbanded)
Source: Illinois Adjutant General's ReportUS Census Records:
1860 - Joliet, Will Co, IL - Morrision Worthingham household:
Morrison Worthingham, 45, clerk; Sarah, 36; Jacob, 20, brickmaker;
Wellington, 17, Painter; Catharine, 15; Lydia Ann, 11; Catharine Bowman, 17, servant.