Clark Russell Wever (September 16, 1835 – February 20, 1874) was an American Union brevet brigadier general from Illinois during the period of the American Civil War.[1] Before the war, he traveled through Mexico and Texas.[2] At the beginning of the war, this banker was elected a captain of the 17th Iowa Volunteer Infantry.[3] In October 1862, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.[4] He served in the Chattanooga campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea.[5] He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general dated to February 9, 1865.[6]
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- ↑ Thomas Fisher. "Clark Russell Wever". http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39618501. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ↑ Peter Cozzens (1996). The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga. pp. 230.
- ↑ Thomas Fisher. "Clark Russell Wever". http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39618501. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ↑ "Clark R. Wever ~ born Hornsfield, New York ~ September 16, 1835". http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Garrison::ny::35240.html. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ↑ Thomas Fisher. "Clark Russell Wever". http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39618501. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ↑ The Photographic History of the Civil War: Three Volumes in One. New York: Random House Value Publishing, Inc.. 1983. pp. 316. 0-517-20155-0.
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