Confederate Dispatch Bag
date: label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1862
name: label: user
content: Wheeler, Woodbury
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Brown leather with embossed gold lettering reading "Woodbury Wheeler, C. S. Army."
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: Confederate dispatch bag belonging to Woodbury Wheeler. 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 Sandusky in Ohio. He was later transferred to Governor’s Island New York. After the war he was paroled and returned to North Carolina.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: A dispatch bag was a brief case or document bag generally containing orders or other sensitive information.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: North Carolina
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Genevieve A. Wheeler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.35675(6)
label: catalog number
content: 35675(6)
label: accession number
content: 99695
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Case, Dispatch
label: Other Terms
content: Case, Dispatch; Equipment, Individual; CSA, Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 24.765 cm x 3.81 cm