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Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (10 de septiembre de 1836 - 25 de enero de 1906) fue un comandante militar y político estadounidense conocido por haber servido como general de caballería en el Ejército de los Estados Confederados durante la Guerra de Secesión y como general en el Ejército de los Estados Unidos durante la Guerra ...
Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was a military commander and politician of the Confederate States of America.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Joseph Wheeler (born September 10, 1836, near Augusta, Georgia, U.S.—died January 25, 1906, Brooklyn, New York) was a Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War. Wheeler entered the U.S. cavalry from West Point in 1859 but soon resigned to enter the Confederate service.
3 de dic. de 2018 · Major General Joseph Wheeler was noted cavalry commander who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-1865) and the US Army during the Spanish-American War (1898). A native of Georgia, he was largely raised in the North and attended West Point.
12 de jun. de 2006 · Joseph Wheeler first gained the notice of his superiors as a Confederate lieutenant colonel at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. After fighting all day, he led his men, who were out of ammunition, in a bayonet attack against Union artillerymen defending Pittsburg Landing.
A U.S. and Confederate army officer and congressman from Alabama, Joseph Wheeler graduated from West Point near the bottom of his class in 1859. Prior to the Civil War he was stationed with the Regiment of Mounted Rifles in the New Mexico Territory.
12 de ene. de 2024 · Key facts about General Joseph Wheeler, a prominent Confederate cavalry commander during the American Civil War, who also represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms, and led U.S. forces during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American Insurrection.
