Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903) to his sister Martha [Spohn]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07460.025 Author/Creator: Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903) Place Written: Gallatin, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope : 4 newspaper clippings ; 21 x 25.5 cm. Order a Copy
Hopes that more men will be drafted to fill the regiments. Writes that he would like to see the North "whip" the South entirely with volunteers. He describes a reported rebel attack on a Union picket that forced the picket to retreat. Wheeler also describes the presentation of the regimental and national flags to the 105th. Of the national flag (battle flag) he writes, " is of blue and has on it but twelve stars- I think the absent one must be South Carolina." Wheeler describes a visit from the 79th Ohio which he describes as a visit of "mutual good feeling". The letter is accompanied by four newspaper clippings regarding news on the war front.
Lysander Wheeler, a farmer from Sycamore, Illinois, enlisted in the Union Army on August 7, 1862 as a private. He was mustered into Company C of the 105th Illinois infantry and later promoted to sergeant. Wheeler was mustered out on June 7, 1865.
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