Joseph Wheeler
Born: September 10, 1836
Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia
Father: Joseph Wheeler Sr. 1787 – 1866
Mother: Julia Knox Hull 1799 – 1842
Wife: Daniella Ellen Jones 1841 – 1896
(Buried: Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Alabama)
Married: February 8, 1866 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Children:
Lucy Louise Wheeler 1866 – 1924
(Buried: Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Alabama)
Annie Earl Wheeler 1868 – 1955
(Buried: Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Alabama)
Ella Wheeler 1869 – 1871
(Buried: Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Alabama)
Julia Knox Wheeler Harris 1870 – 1959
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery Cedartown Georgia)
Colonel Joseph “Joe” Wheeler Jr. 1872 – 1938
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Caroline Peyton Wheeler Buck 1877 – 1953
(Buried: Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Alabama)
Thomas Harrison Wheeler 1881 – 1898
(Buried: Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Alabama)
Education:
1859: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (19th in class)
Occupation:
1859 – 1860: Brevet 2nd Lt. in United States Army, Dragoons
1859 – 1860: Attended School of Practice at Carlisle, Pennsylvania
1860: Transferred to United States Army, Mounted Riflemen
1860 – 1861: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Mounted Riflemen
1860 – 1861: Leave of Absence from United States Army
1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 22nd
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 19th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh
1862: Participated in the Battle of Perryville
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Cavalry
1863 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army, Cavalry
1863: Participated in Battle of Chickamauga
1863: Participated in the Knoxville Campaign
1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign
1864: Unsuccessful in Jonesborough, and made to evacuate Atlanta
1864: Only force to oppose Sherman's March to the sea in Georgia
1865: Participated in the Carolina's Campaign
Author of Books on Military History & Strategy
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1868: Commission Merchant in New Orleans, Louisiana
1868 – 1881: Planter and Lawyer in Courtland, Alabama
1881 – 1883: United States Congressman from Alabama
1885 – 1900: United States Congressman from Alabama
1898: Appeared in the Film Surrender of General Toral
1899 – 1900: Served in United States Army, rising to Brigadier General
Died: January 25, 1906
Place of Death: New York City, New York
Cause of Death: Brief Illness
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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