Today in Georgia History September 10, 1836 Joseph Wheeler

Suggested Readings

Thomas Conn Bryan, Confederate Georgia (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1953).

David Carlson, "The "'Loanly Runagee'": Draft Evaders in Confederate South Georgia," Georgia Historical Quarterly 84 (winter 2000): 589-615.

Robert S. Davis Jr., "Memoirs of a Partisan War: Sion Darnell Remembers North Georgia, 1861- 1865," Georgia Historical Quarterly 80 (spring 1996): 93-116.

Lee B. Kennett, Marching through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers and Civilians during Sherman's Campaign (New York: HarperCollins, 1995).

Jonathan D. Sarris, "Anatomy of an Atrocity: The Madden Branch Massacre and Guerrilla Warfare in North Georgia, 1861-1865," Georgia Historical Quarterly 77 (winter 1993): 679- 710.

Jonathan D. Sarris, A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006).

Daniel E. Sutherland, A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009).

Mark V. Wetherington, Plain Folk's Fight: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Piney Woods Georgia (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2005).

Arlington National Cemetery: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jwheeler.htm

“Guerrilla Warfare during the Civil War,” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3738

Image Credits September 10, 1836: Joseph Wheeler

15th Corps crossing the Saluda River Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-21732

Arlington, Joe Wheeler statue Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-npcc-00140

Confederate flag, A2400-001 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Dashing portrait of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, officer of the Confederate Army Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-cwpb-05987

Death Mask of Joseph Wheeler, profile, Artifact Collection, A-1361-269 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Death Mask of Joseph Wheeler, Artifact Collection, A-1361-269 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Joseph Wheeler Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

Joseph Wheeler in a carriage Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

Joseph Wheeler with daughters Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

Joseph Wheeler with family Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

Old Academic Building West Point , ARC Identifier 526491 National Archives Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-111-B-2297. Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, compiled 1921 - 1940, documenting the period 1860 - 1865.

Portrait of Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, officer of the Confederate Army Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-cwpb-05987

Wheeler on a Horse in Battle Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry, 1862-1865, Rare Book Collection, E547 W5 D5 1899 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Wheeler as West Point Student Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry, 1862-1865, Rare Book Collection, E547 W5 D5 1899 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Wheeler at age 28 Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry, 1862-1865, Rare Book Collection, E547 W5 D5 1899 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society

Thirty-six star flag Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-02834

Wheeler's former home, 1730 New Hampshire Avenue NW AgnosticPreachersKid Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1730_New_Hampshire_Avenue_NW.JPG