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   Mar 1, 2024 · Joseph Wheeler, Jr. was the eldest son of Joseph and Daniella Wheeler. Like his other siblings, his life was framed by life in rural Northern Alabama on the one hand, and facets of life associated with Joseph Wheeler’s congressional career in Washington, D.C. on the other.

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   Apr 6, 2016 · In striking contrast to robust Nathan Bedford Forrest and athletic John Hunt Morgan, Joseph Wheeler Jr. stood 5 feet 2 inches in his stocking feet and weighed no more than 120 pounds. He was 15 years younger than Forrest and 11 years younger than Morgan.

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   Jan 12, 2024 · A prominent Confederate cavalry commander during the American Civil War, General Joseph Wheeler also represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms, and led U.S. forces during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American Insurrection.

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   Jan 12, 2024 · Key facts about General Joseph Wheeler, a prominent Confederate cavalry commander during the American Civil War, who also represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms, and led U.S. forces during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American Insurrection.

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   Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was a military commander and politician of the Confederate States of America. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War , and then a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish-American and Philippine ...

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   Jun 12, 2006 · Joseph Wheeler first gained the notice of his superiors as a Confederate lieutenant colonel at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. After fighting all day, he led his men, who were out of ammunition, in a bayonet attack against Union artillerymen defending Pittsburg Landing.

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   Who was General Joseph Wheeler?

   • A prominent Confederate cavalry commander during the American Civil War, General Joseph Wheeler also represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms, and led U.S. forces during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American Insurrection.

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   What did Joseph Wheeler do?

   • Joseph Wheeler served as a member of the commission that negotiated the surrender of the Spanish army and city of Santiago at the end of the Spanish-American War. On April 12, 1899, President McKinley promoted Joseph Wheeler to the rank of brigadier general in the regular army.

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   How old was Joseph Wheeler when he became a colonel?

   • His grit and determination, which had much to do with the safe escape of the Southern army, earned him a promotion to full colonel. Wheeler was then just 25 years old — so young that he called himself ‘the War Child. Born in Augusta, Ga., on September 10, 1836, Joseph Wheeler grew up in the North.

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   How old was Joseph Wheeler when he became a War Child?

   • Wheeler was then just 25 years old — so young that he called himself ‘the War Child. Born in Augusta, Ga., on September 10, 1836, Joseph Wheeler grew up in the North. He went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, finishing a low 19th in his class of 1859.

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