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WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 586 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JOSEPH
JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)
JOSEPH (1836-1906) , See also:

AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

AUGUSTA

Augusta, See also:

GEORGIA

Georgia, in 1836, and entered the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry from See also:

West Point in 1859. Within two years the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War See also:

broke out, and Wheeler, as a Southerner, resigned to enter the Confederate service. In a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

time he became See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the 19th See also:

ALABAMA

Alabama See also:

INFANTRY

Infantry, with which he took See also:

PART

part in the desultory operations of 1861 in See also:

KENTUCKY

Kentucky and See also:

TENNESSEE

Tennessee. He commanded a See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade at the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

Shiloh, but soon afterwards he returned to the cavalry See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm in which he won a reputation second only to See also:

Stuart's. After the See also:

ACTION

action of See also:

PERRYVILLE

Perryville he was promoted brigadier-See also:

general, and in See also:

JANUARY

January 1863 See also:

major-general. Thence-forward throughout the See also:

CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of Chickamauga, See also:

CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga and See also:

ATLANTA

Atlanta he commanded the cavalry of the Confederate See also:

army in the West, and when See also:

Hood embarked upon the Tennessee expedition, he See also:

LEFT

left Wheeler's cavalry to harass See also:

Sherman's army during the " See also:

March to the See also:

Sea." In the closing operations of .the war, having now the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general, he commanded the cavalry of Joseph See also:

Johnston's weak army in See also:

North Carolina, and was included in its surrender. After this he became a lawyer and a See also:

cotton plater and in 1882,83 and 1885-19oo.was a representative in Copgress. At the outbreak of the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish-American War in 1898, See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President M'Kinley, in pursuance of the policy of See also:

WELDING (i.e. the action of the verb " to weld," the same word as " to well," to boil or spring up, the history of the word being to boil, to heat to a high degree, to beat heated iron; according to Skeat, who points out that in Swedish the compound verb

welding the North and the See also:

South, commissioned two ex-Confederate generals—Wheeler and Fitzhugh See also:

Lee—as major-generals of United States See also:

VOLUNTEERS

volunteers, and in this capacity Wheeler was placed in command of the cavalry See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of Shafter's army in See also:

CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba. He commanded in the actions of Guasimas and See also:

SAN

San Juan, was afterwards sent to the Philippines in command of a brigade, and in 1900 was commissioned a brigadier-general in the See also:

REGULAR

regular army. Shortly afterwards he retired. General Wheeler died on the 25th of January 1906.

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