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General Wheeler of Alabama Remembered in Family History
The piece portrays General Joseph Wheeler of Alabama as a dominant Civil War and political figure who settled at Wheeler Station on the Tennessee river until his death in 1906. It highlights his plantation life, his role as a judge and congressman, the prominence of his family, and the reverence shown in portraits, heirlooms, and a poem written on his funeral day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Bloodworth
Joseph Wheeler
General Wheeler
Augusta
Georgia
Wheeler Station
Tennessee River
Southern Railway
Joe
White House
Wheeler
Eighth
Alabama
Congress
Washington
Coast Artillery
Thomas Wheeler
Naval Service
Young Wheeler
Naval Academy
Thomas
Cuba
Joseph Wheeler, Jr
Secretary of War
Columbia
Brooklyn
Lucy
Annie Wheeler
Julia
Carrie
Welden Jones
Daniella Sherrod
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Harry
Huntsville
Wallace Irwin