The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07

said that during those four days Wheeiei only slept four hours, such was his un ceasing vigilance and activity.
 After Murfreesboro. Whee.er covered Braggs front, and protected his real when he fell back, having frequent en- counters with the enemy, and especially a desperate fight and a remarkable dis play of personal gallantry at Shelbyville, where he was several times surrounded and cut his way out, Federal officer saying to group of citizens of the town
 we whipped him here. but he is the
 bravest man in the world"
 One of the most brilliant feats of any body of cavalry during the war was Wheeler's raid on Rosecrans's rear, when his three brigade commanders protested that their horses and men were so worn that they were utterly unable to stand it, when on the second of october, 1863, he captured at McMinnville, a supply train alter defeating with 1900 of his men two brlgades of cavalry and one of infantry which guarded 1t. The papers of the Federal quartermaster In charge showed that there were 800 government wagons drawn by mules, loaded with all Binds of stores. and there were a large number of suffers and other private wagons mak- ing probably 2.000 wagons in the train.
 He then dashed upon various points, breaking up railways, destroying stores, defeating various forces sent against him, and finally having the whole Rose crans's cavalry force of 13.0O0 pressing on his rear as he successfully crossed the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, after having been engaged with the enemy for forty successive days of unvarying vic tory, destroying stores almost beyond computation, and what was still more important, employing Rosecranss cavalr. so that they could not pursue Bragg after his defeat at Missionary Ridge.
 In the campaign in East Tennessee, iu Johnstons Dalton-Atlanta campaign, ir hanging on Sherman's Hanks in his March to the Sea- in obstructing his advance through the Carolinas, and al Averysboro and Bentonville, Little Joe and his cavalry performed most import. ant service, and added fresh laurels tc their fame
 He had been made Major General Feb. ruary 1, 1864. to rank as such from Jan uary 20, 1863, and he was made Lieuten. ant-General February 2S. 1865.
 He issued, after the surrender a beau tiful farewell address to his cavalry corps. in which he said: You are the sole victors of more than two hundred severely contested fields; you have par. ticipated in more than thousand sue. cessful conflicts of arms: you are heroes veterans, patriots; the bones of youl comrades mark battlefields upon the soi of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Nortf Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala. bama, and Mississippi you have done all that human exertion could accom-. plish."
 Wheeler's own record in the rapidity of his promotion has scarcely a parallel in either American or European armies A cadet at r, second lieutenant at 22, a first lieutenant at 8, a colonel at "A, a brigadfer-general at 9, a major general at 26, corps commander at 27, and a 1ieutenant-generala at 2S
 He had sixteen horses killed under him in battle, and a largo number wounded his equipments and his clothes were rid dled with bullets. he was slightly wounded three times, and once painfully and he had thirty-two staff officers killed or wounded, most of them by his side
 Since the war General Wheeler has lived in Alabama; for many successive years he represented his district in Con- gress, and he was regarded as one of the most laborious and one of the ablest leaders of the House of Representatives.
 When the Spanish war broke out Gen. eral Wheeler promptly offered his serv- ices to the government. and was commits stoned Major General of Volunteers in the Onlteo states army.
 There can be but little doubt that while General Shafter-sick in his tent-was disposed to order a retreat from San Juan Hill, in front of Santiago. that it was the earnest protest of Little Joe'' that pre- vented 1t, and pushed forward to victory, and the early capture of the city
 He ordered a final charge in these mem orable words: The Yankees are running! Charge them, men! No! I mean that the Spaniards are running. and Yankees and Confederates together must charge them!"
 General Wheeler is now Brigadier Gen eral in the United States army, ''on the retired list" and is spending the evening of his days respected and honored by the whole country. North as well as South. But we old Confederates remember him especially as Fighting Joe" of the army of Tenessee.-Kind Words