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- GLC#
- GLC02878.04.07-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- circa 1861-1862
- Author/Creator
- Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
- Title
- [Signature of Wheeler]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 card Height: 6.5 cm, Width: 10 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Wheeler became a Confederate colonel of the 19th Alabama Infantry in September 1861. He was promoted to Brigadier General in October 1862. Wheeler was noted for his command of cavalry during the Civil War, was wounded three times and had sixteen horses shot from under him. He was known as "Fightin' Joe Wheeler."
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