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File Name	Q55
Digital image order form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
Permission to publish form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/private2.pdf
Item Title	General Joseph Wheeler, C.S.A.
Description	(Uniform indicates rank of major general or higher.) Graduated from West Point, 1859. Resigned his U.S. Army commission and was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Confederate Artillery in March 1861. After promoting through the grades, Wheeler was promoted to brigadier general in October 1862, major general in January 1863, and lieutenant general in February 1865. Major campaigns and battles include Shiloh, Corinth, the Kentucky campaign, Perryville, the Tullahoma campaign, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign, and the Carolinas. By 1870 Wheeler had settled in north Alabama, where he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for numerous terms. During the Spanish-American War, he served as major general in the volunteers and saw action in Cuba and in the Philippine-American War. Wheeler retired as a brigadier general in the Regular Army and died in New York in January 1906; he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 6. National Historical Society, 1991.
Email ADAH	Do you have information or questions about this image? Click here to email us: mailto:photos.archives@archives.alabama.gov and please include file name (located below image) or the hyperlink of the image.
Time Period	1860-1869
Photographer	Anthony, E. & H.T., New York
Subject	Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906 Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Alabama United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type	Still image
Format	Photographs Studio portraits Cartes-de-visite
Author	Young, Dr. Richard C.
Collection or Series Title	Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph album
Box Number	LPP4, #043
Catalog Record	http://adahcat.archives.alabama.gov:81/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5914
Repository	Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language	English
Rights	This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.
Digital Format	600 dpi tiff
Project Name	Confederate officers Cornerstone Project
Date created	2008-05-14

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