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LETTERS HOME OF CHARLES A. WILSON
FROM THE FRANK A. BLILEY'S ARCHIVE
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There are four letters in the collection authored by Charles A. Wilson in 1861 to 1863 in the possession of the Bliley family and scanned in November 2011, by Charles A. Bliley of Rochester, NY. Two of the letters were written from Iowa and the other two from other locations while he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War.
After the marriage of Charles A. Bliley and Mary Jane Mead, Charles' mother (Catherine Eich) and Charles' nephew Charlie Wilson, lived with them in the Kuhl Road house, located about a mile south of the Colt Station Road. Charlie was pretty much raised by Charles and Mary Jane. When he was twenty, he traveled to Renick, Missouri and spent six months there with his mother, Eleanor ("Ellen") Bleile-Wilson-Deer. He then went to Iowa and had worked there about three years when he enlisted in the Civil War. He was in the war something less than one year when he was stricken with a fever and died. He was buried in New Orleans.
From memoirs of Mary Jane Mead Bliley: (As published on www.Bliley.net.)
"Charles' mother, Catherine, and Charles' nephew, Charlie Wilson (son of Ellen [Eleanor] Bliley-Wilson-Deer) lived with us. Charles' mother took Charlie Wilson when he was two years old [she was 20]. He was eight years old at the time of my marriage. He was a very good boy and kind to me. We raised him. When he was twenty years old he went to Renick, Missouri, and spent six months with his mother, Ellen Deer. Then he went to Iowa to the Dave Baemers and worked about three years when he enlisted in the Civil War. He was in the war something less than one year when he was stricken with fever and died. He was buried in New Orleans. We were grieved to learn of his death."
The Bliley family back in Harbor Creek, Pennsylvania must have been crushed to hear of his death. Beamers were friends of Mary Jane Mead Bliley’s brother who moved to Iowa in 1857. Mother: Ellen Bleile/Bliley Wilson Deer was born in 1820, Bad Krozingen, Germany.
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Soldier Records and Profiles:
- Name: Charles A Wilson
- Residence: West Union, Iowa
- Age at enlistment: 23Enlistment
- Date: 15 August 1862
- Rank at enlistment: 5th Corporal
- State Served: Iowa
- Survived the War?: No (Died of illness in Lousina.
- Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, Iowa 38th Infantry Regiment on 09 Sep 1862.,
- Promoted to Full 4th Corporal on 11 November 1862.
- Mustered out on 11 August 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.
- Birth Date: about 1839
Notes: His pay as a corporal was $13.00 a month. The "mustered out" record may be the date of his death as it also says he did not survive his enlistment.
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion, Soldier Records and Profiles about Charles A. Wilson
There are four letters in the collection authored by Charles A. Wilson in 1861 to 1863 in the possession of the Bliley family and scanned in November 2011, by Charles A. Bliley of Rochester, NY. Two of the letters were written from Iowa and the other two from other locations while he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War.
