Edward R. Weir, Jr.

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c1840

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"Edward R. Weir, Jr." in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00001733, (accessed April 25, 2024).

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Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Edward R. Weir, Sr., and Harriet R. Weir. Merchant in Muhlenberg County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment as captain from December 9, 1861, to December 9, 1863. Served in the 35th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment as lieutenant colonel from May 28 1863, to December 29, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District No. 2, p. 731.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 955.
Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, NARA RG 15, Microfilm publication P2260, Records of the Veterans Administration, Roll 49, Central Branch, Dayton, OH, p. 30498.

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