Name: Wesley Banister ,
Residence: Monroe County, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 22 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 211 211
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1862 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company K, 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 13 September 1862.
Killed Company K, 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 25 April 1864 in Mark's Mills, Arkansas
His brother, Levi was taken prisoner by the Confiderate Army in the same battle Wesley was killed in. ( Battle of Marks Mills in Arkansas ] Levi was POW at Ft. Tyler, Texas for 11 months, until the end of the Civil War. Family history says that Wesley died in Levi's arms.
His name is on the monument at this site.
Residence: Monroe County, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 22 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 211 211
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1862 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company K, 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 13 September 1862.
Killed Company K, 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 25 April 1864 in Mark's Mills, Arkansas
His brother, Levi was taken prisoner by the Confiderate Army in the same battle Wesley was killed in. ( Battle of Marks Mills in Arkansas ] Levi was POW at Ft. Tyler, Texas for 11 months, until the end of the Civil War. Family history says that Wesley died in Levi's arms.
His name is on the monument at this site.
Name: Wesley Banister ,
Residence: Monroe County, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 22 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 211 211
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1862 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company K, 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 13 September 1862.
Killed Company K, 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 25 April 1864 in Mark's Mills, Arkansas
His brother, Levi was taken prisoner by the Confiderate Army in the same battle Wesley was killed in. ( Battle of Marks Mills in Arkansas ] Levi was POW at Ft. Tyler, Texas for 11 months, until the end of the Civil War. Family history says that Wesley died in Levi's arms.
His name is on the monument at this site.
Residence: Monroe County, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 22 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 211 211
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 August 1862 at the age of 22
Enlisted in Company K, 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 13 September 1862.
Killed Company K, 36th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 25 April 1864 in Mark's Mills, Arkansas
His brother, Levi was taken prisoner by the Confiderate Army in the same battle Wesley was killed in. ( Battle of Marks Mills in Arkansas ] Levi was POW at Ft. Tyler, Texas for 11 months, until the end of the Civil War. Family history says that Wesley died in Levi's arms.
His name is on the monument at this site.
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