Robert Reily
| Robert Reily | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1820 Hamilton County, Ohio |
| Died | May 2, 1863 (aged 42–43) Chancellorsville, Virginia |
| Buried | Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Allegiance | |
| Service/branch | |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Unit |
 75th Ohio Infantry
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| Battles/wars | |
Robert Reily (1820 – May 2, 1863) was a colonel of the 75th Ohio Infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
The son of Revolutionary War veteran and Ohio civil servant John Reily and his wife Nancy (née Hunter), Robert was born in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Reily was the founder of the village of Wyoming, Ohio. When civil war broke out in 1861, Reily joined the 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered in as a major, but was promoted to lieutenant colonel and then to colonel. During the Battle of Chancellorsville, the 75th Ohio was part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division of the XI Corps in the Army of the Potomac. On May 2, 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee sent Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and his corps on a 12-mile march around the Union lines with the hope of catching XI Corps by surprise.
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