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Captain Wesley P. Andrus Company I and H, 42nd Illinois Infantry U.S. US Union Army
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Rank Captain
Unit Company I and H, 42nd Illinois Infantry
Branch US Union Army
Born 02/19/1834
Died 06/24/1898
Hometown Cedar Springs, Michigan 49319
Grave GPS N43°12.745, W085°33.123
Wars / Conflicts American Civil War
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Wesley P. Andrus, Company I and H, 42nd Illinois Infantry, GAR Civil War Veteran, Cedar Springs, Michigan 49319 (GPS N43°12.745, W085°33.123) Elmwood Cemetery

Wesley P. Andrews, from Batavia, Illinois enlisted on 7/22/1861 as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 9/17/1861 he was commissioned into "I" Co. IL 42nd Infantry
He was discharged on 5/11/1864
Promotions:* Capt 4/6/1863 (As of Co. H)
Intra Regimental Company Transfers: 4/6/1863 from company I to company H

Wesley was born in New York to Stephen P Andrus of Vermont and Lucy Rounds of Rhode Island. A Farmer, Wesley was married 33 years and fathered 4 children.

You can view the death certificate at the link below;
http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,950872
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