- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- General Joseph Wheeler
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1980
- Subject:
- Portraits
Veterans--Confederate
Eyeglasses
Chairs
Military officers--United States
Military uniforms--1890-1900--United States - People:
- Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Portrait of General Joseph Wheeler, probably in Atlanta, Georgia.
Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) was a Democratic politician and military officer. He served as a senior calvary general for the Confederate Army of the Tennessee during much of the Civil War. After the war, he settled in Alabama and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1880 and again in 1884. He served as a Congressman until 1900. He also served as a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3553.001
ahc1703553001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/889
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 9 x 13 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
