William Weer

William Weer
William Weer
Allegiance	United States of America; Union
Branch	United States Army; Union Army
Service years	1861–1864
Rank	Brigadier General, Kansas Militia; Colonel, U.S.V.
Commands	4th Kansas Volunteer Infantry; 10th Kansas Infantry
Conflicts	American Civil War Battle of Locust Grove; Sacking of Osceola; First Battle of Newtonia; Battle of Old Fort Wayne; Battle of Cane Hill; Battle of Prairie Grove; Battle of Westport; ;
Other work	Kansas Attorney General

William Weer (a.k.a. William A. Weer and William Weir) was a lawyer, attorney general for Kansas and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is notable for his service in the Trans-Mississippi Theater early in the war and later for being dismissed from the army following a court-martial.