The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-26
Photograph of General Wheeler Taken the Time He Held The
Rank Of Lieutenant General in the Confederate Army

dent Davis, THE report OF his opera
tons from November 14th to December
goth displays dash. activity, vigilance
and consummate skill. which justly en-
| title him to prominent place on the
roll of great cavalry leaders. BY his
indomitable energy. operating on all sides
,of Shermans column. he was enabled
to Keep the government and commander
Iof our troops advised of the enemy's
movements, and by preventing foragng
parties from leaving the main body he
saved from spoilation all but narrow
tract of country. and from the torch
millions worth of property which would
| otherwise have been certainly destroyed"
| In 1866 Wheeler stubbornly contested
Shermans advance through the Caro-
linas. receiving the thanks of the State
of South Carolina on March 10th in
tiicted severe punishment upon Kilpat-
| rick's command: fought with Hardee at
Averysboro, and at Bentonville,. under
| Lieutenant-G General Wade Hampton, af-
ter IL desperate struggle drove back
SherInan's right wing. which had seized
Johnstons only line of retreat. He
fought his last fight April 18th, and on
| the 18th, after the surrender. issued his
| farewell address to the cavalry sum-
the eloquent words: You are the sole
| victors of more than two hundred Sc
verely contested fields; you have partici-
! pated in more than thousand conflicts
| OF arms. you are heroes, veterans, pat
riots; the bones of your comrades mark
the batuefieds upon the soil of Ken
lucky, Tennessee. Virginia. North Car
DINA, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabam
and Mississippi; you have done all that
human exertion could accomplish"
During three years following the war
General Wheeler was In the commission
business at New Orleans leaving there
in 1859 for his plantation In Lawrence
county. Ala, where he entered the prac-
tice of law, declining, in 1865, the pro-
fessorship OF philosophy In the Louisi-
ana State Seminary. In 1880 he was
elected the representative OF his district
to Congress and was a number OF times
reelected. In Congress he became a
distinguished member. Notable among
his speeches In that body We're his de-
Tense of Fitz John Porter his reply to
Mr.. Hepburn. of Iowa and his argu-
ments upon the force bill and the tariff.
His whole career since the war, marked
by an unfaltering allegiance to his COM
radeS, continued to endcar him In the
hearts of all survivors of the Confeder-
ate armies.
In Federal Service.
i When the United States found it neces
sary to call a volunteer army into the
field for the war with Spain, General
Wheeler was commissioned major-gen-
eral. In command of the cavalry division
of the army under General Shafter lie
4 went to Santiago. Cuba. and was in COM
mand of the center of the line of the
United States forces in the battle of July
ried the heights of San Juan. He acted
rs one of the American commissioners In
arranging for the surrender of Santiago.
In 1S99-190O he commanded a brigade
in the Philippines, and took part In sew
eral engagements. In February, 1900.
by order of the President. he Inspected
q the Island of Guam. In June of that
year he was commissioned brigadier-
general in the United States army. and
he commanded the Department of the
Lakes until September, when he was
retired. He has published an Account
! of the Kentucky Campaign" ds62). Cav
airy Tactics" dS63). Military History of
Alabama" History of the Santiago
Campaign QS9S), "History Of Cuba,
,1496 1880" 1880, History of the Effect
Upon Civilization of the Wars Of the
Nineteenth Century" and monographs
! on the lives Of Admiral Dewey. William
Mckinley, "Stoncwall' Jackson and
Theodore Roosevelt
Hero Of SANTIAGO Bay.
Perhaps no man in the field service
during the Spanish-Amercan war gained
II greater reputation for his bravery,
Judgment and military ability than did
General Wheeler. His gallantry and
cool. clear Judgment during the most
critical period at the battle of Santiago
: RI n p,1Irh no a. fLn,,
ing the day for the American army. All
-i during the campaign General Wheeler
was a conspicuous figure around the
!. battle-ground, and whether climbing I'm
ia treeHto make observations, examining
1.-THE firing lines, or encouraging the
American soldiers to stand up to the
!, enemy General tVheelers influence was
q felt everywhere. He made brilliant
! record to add to his old aurels and no.
Quilted himself like true soldier
: 1 throughout the war, He was {. friend
, of the private soldier during the cam
ygpaign and did all he5could to encourage
. and help him. There was perhaps no
more popular man in the South than
/ General Joe Wheeler.
known As Fighting Joe.
General Joseph III, Wheeler, famarly
known Ito tho country as "Fightinr Joc !,
! was q unique character and one Of the
most active men Of his years in Tia
country: Iie was, one ofFthe bravest mon
who followed the Confederate flag during
the Civil War and one of the first to %
| to work to help the South to retrieve its
, fortunes after the surrender at Appo.
mqttox. He has been MS loyal to the Stars
Is and Stripes ever since M he was to tho
other flag while the warlasted.
General Wheeler was one of the Con-
Z federacy's most daring cavalry leaders.
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