He served with the 29th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment CO I. Corp Wheeler saw much action suffered several injuries and was a POW in at least 2 Yankee Prisons.
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Enlisted:-10/01/1861, Savannah GA; POW/captured 07/22/1864 Atlanta; 10/11/1864-Atlanta Hosp/GS wound L. shoulder & R. thigh; 10/25/1864 turned over to Provost Marshall; 11/22/1864 rec'd Mil. Prison, Louisville KY from Nashville; 11/26/1864 rec'd Camp Douglas Prison IL; 02/21/1865 transferred to Pt. Lookout Prison MD; 03/03/1865 in Gen. Hosp, Howard's Grove, Richmond (Debility); 03/16/1865 30-day furlough; 03/24/1865 extension of furlough for 30 more days by CSA examining board surgeons (chronic diarrhea & GS to shoulder unhealed)
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He served with the 29th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment CO I. Corp Wheeler saw much action suffered several injuries and was a POW in at least 2 Yankee Prisons.
Below provided by:
Contributor, Donna Meinscher Estes (#47162110)
Enlisted:-10/01/1861, Savannah GA; POW/captured 07/22/1864 Atlanta; 10/11/1864-Atlanta Hosp/GS wound L. shoulder & R. thigh; 10/25/1864 turned over to Provost Marshall; 11/22/1864 rec'd Mil. Prison, Louisville KY from Nashville; 11/26/1864 rec'd Camp Douglas Prison IL; 02/21/1865 transferred to Pt. Lookout Prison MD; 03/03/1865 in Gen. Hosp, Howard's Grove, Richmond (Debility); 03/16/1865 30-day furlough; 03/24/1865 extension of furlough for 30 more days by CSA examining board surgeons (chronic diarrhea & GS to shoulder unhealed)
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