Clark R. Wever Explained

Clark R. Wever
Birth Date:16 September 1835
Allegiance: United States
Branch:Union Army
Rank:Brigadier General
Battles:American Civil War

Clark Russell Wever (September 16, 1835  - February 20, 1874) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.

Before the war, he traveled through Mexico and Texas.[1] At the beginning of the war, this banker was elected a captain of the 17th Iowa Volunteer Infantry.[2] In October 1862, he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.[3] He served in the Chattanooga campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea.[4]

On February 9, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Walker for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from February 9, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on February 14, 1865.[5]

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  1. Book: Peter Cozzens . 1996 . The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga . 230.
  2. Web site: Clark Russell Wever . Thomas Fisher . . 2012-04-02.
  3. Web site: Clark R. Wever ~ born Hornsfield, New York ~ September 16, 1835 . 2012-04-02.
  4. Web site: Clark Russell Wever . Thomas Fisher . . 2012-04-02.
  5. Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . p. 761.