Wilson Reilly

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Wilson Reilly (August 8, 1811 – August 26, 1885) was a

U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.

Biography

Wilson Reilly was born in

1854
.

Reilly was elected as a Democrat to the

1858. He became captain of the McClure Rifles [FALSE!] and joined the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps [FALSE!] at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
. He resumed the practice of law. In 1885, he and died in Chambersburg and was buried in Falling Spring Cemetery.

NOTE: Where the above author got the idea that Congressman Wilson Reilly served in the army during the Civil War is a mystery as there is no such evidence. The congressman's son Wilson served but not with any regiment in the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps. The McClure Rifles Militia from Franklin County, Pennsylvania, served as the recruiting base for Co. K, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves (41st Pennsylvania Infantry), but there is no one named Reilly or any similar spelling in the muster roll either in Co. K or the staff register.

References

  • United States Congress. "Wilson Reilly (id: R000157)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
David F. Robison
 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
1857–1859 		Succeeded by


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