Know ye, That William Fleming, a Corporal of Captain J.W. Wilken, Company C, 130th Regiment of Illinois Infantry VOLUNTEERS who was enrolled on the Seventh day of August one thousand eight hundred and Sixty Two to serve three years or during the war, is hereby DISCHARGED from the service of the United States this Fifteenth day of August, 1865, at New Orleans Louisiana by reason of Service no longer required (No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist.) Said William Fleming was born in Loraine Co in the State of Ohio, is thirty three years of age, Five feet Ten inches high, Dark complexion, Dark eyes, Dark hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a Carpenter. Given at New Orleans, La this Fifteenth day of August 1865. (Signatures unreadable)During their service the 130th Illinois Infantry lost 2 Officers and 18 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 153 Enlisted men by disease. That’s a total of 177.
Tuesday, August 15, 1865
With all of the paperwork completed, the 130th was mustered out of service today. William Fleming's discharge papers read:
