Book of autographs of Confederate prisoners at Johnson's Island
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
notes: label: Description
content: At age 19, Woodbury Wheeler entered the service of North Carolina and served four years with the Confederacy. Wheeler rose to the rank of Captain of the 10th Battalion of North Carolina Artillery. His battalion fought in the Battle of Bentonville on 19-21 March 1865. During the battle, the Confederacy mounted a tactical offense against the Union army. It would be their last. In the largest battle ever fought in North Carolina, the Confederacy made a valiant attempt to defeat the army of General William Sherman, but he was slowed only briefly. Captain Wheeler was taken prisoner at Bentonville and sent to Fort Johnson in Sandusky, Ohio where he made this autograph book. He was later transferred to Governors Island, New York. After the war he was paroled and returned to North Carolina.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: United States: Ohio, Johnson Island
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Prisoners of War
label: Subject
content: Prisons
label: Subject
content: Books
label: Subject
content: Autographs
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35675(7)
label: accession number
content: 99695
label: catalog number
content: 35675(7)
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 6 in; 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm