Wheeler, Joseph (1836-1906) to Daniel H. Hill
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08972 Author/Creator: Wheeler, Joseph (1836-1906) Place Written: Lawtonville, South Carolina Type: Letter signed Date: 21 January 1865 Pagination: 2 p. ; 22 x 18 cm. Order a Copy
Reports from his scouts on the enemy's movements during Sherman's Carolina Campaign. Reports enemy's movement should be difficult because the "country was overflowed from the river, & the swamps so full as to be of very difficult passage." Less than two weeks later the Confederates at Lawtonville would be defeated in the Battle of Rivers' Bridge.
Joseph Wheeler, nicknamed "Fightin' Joe," wasa a Confederate Major General, later promoted to Lieutenant General. He later served as Congresman from Alabama and as a Major General in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
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