Aquila Wiley (February 20, 1835 – June 5, 1910) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. Aquila Wiley was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, on February 20, 1835.Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . p. 569. He was a lawyer. Wiley entered Union Army service as a first lieutenant of the 16th Ohio Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to

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on May 4, 1861. He was mustered out of the volunteers on August 18, 1861. On September 19, 1861, Wiley re-enlisted as a captain in the 41st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Wiley was promoted to

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, June 22, 1861, to

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on December 6, 1862, and to colonel on April 15, 1863. Wiley was wounded in the

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, April 6–7, 1862. He was much more seriously wounded at the

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, November 25, 1863, resulting in his left leg being amputated. He was discharged from the volunteers on June 7, 1864. Wiley returned to the volunteer service as a captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, March 25, 1865. He was promoted to major on April 27, 1865. He was mustered out of the volunteers on March 28, 1866. On May 31, 1866, President

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nominated Wiley for appointment to the grade of

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brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on July 23, 1866. After the war, Wiley was a Democratic politician. Congressman and future president William McKinley defeated him in 1878 by a vote count of 15,489 to 14,255. Republican

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defeated him for the office of Secretary of State in 1872. Aquila Wiley died June 5, 1912, at Wooster, Ohio. He was buried at Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio.

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* Union Army colonels 1835 births 1910 deaths People of Ohio in the American Civil War Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives People from Wooster, Ohio Ohio state court judges 19th-century American judges {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub

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