Son of Amos Wheeler (b. 18 Nov 1778 in Cumberland, MD - d. bet. 1850 and 1860 in Gilmer County, GA) and Sarah F. (Snow) Wheeler (b. 28 Jun 1782 in Delaware, MD - d. after 1860 in GA).

Brother of Mary "Polly" Wheeler, Nancy J. Wheeler, Richard Wheeler, Absalom Wheeler, William Harrison Wheeler, Alford Wheeler, Mary Elizabeth "Betsey" (Wheeler) Fouts, Sarah C. Wheeler, Francis Ann "Fannie" (Wheeler) Vaughn, and Matilda M. (Wheeler) Vannoy.

Husband of Sarah Amanda (Craig) Wheeler.

Father of Martha E. "Mattie" (Wheeler) Walker, James E. Wheeler a.k.a. John Ellison Wheeler, Alfred LaFayette "Fate" Wheeler, Mary Palestine "Tine" (Wheeler) Simmons, William Pinkney "Bill" Wheeler, Elizabeth Alice (Wheeler) Whittenburg, Margaret Elizabeth "Aunt Marg" (Wheeler) [McJunkin] Swallows, Francis Matilda "Fannie" Wheeler, Levi Wheeler, David Columbus Wheeler, James Harrison "Jim" Wheeler, Eugenia Aurora "Aunt Dinnie" (Wheeler) White, and Sarah Callista "Callie" (Wheeler) Blackburn.

MILITARY:

James T. Wheeler

Regiment Name 24 Georgia Infantry

Side Confederate

Company D

Soldier's Rank In Private

Soldier's Rank Out Private

Alternate Name

Notes

Film Number M226 roll 64

CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS

24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry

24th Infantry Regiment, organized during the summer of 1861, recruited its members in White, Banks, Towns, Rabun, Gwinnett, Elbert, and Hall counties. After serving in the Department of North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals H. Cobb, T. R. R. Cobb, Wofford, and DuBose. It fought in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then moved to Georgia with Longstreet. The 24th was not engaged at Chickamauga, but did see action in the Knoxville Campaign. Returned to Virginia, it participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, was active in the Shenandoah Valley, and ended the war at Appomattox. In April, 1862, this regiment totaled 660 effectives, lost forty-three percent of the 292 engaged at Crampton's Gap, and had 4 killed, 39 wounded, and 2 missing at Sharpsburg. It sustained 36 casualties at Fredericksburg, reported 14 killed and 73 wounded at Chancellorsville, and of the 303 at Gettysburg, seventeen percent were disabled. Many were captured at Sayler's Creek and only 4 officers and 56 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Robert McMillan and C. C. Sanders, Lieutenant Colonels Joseph N. Chandler and Thomas E. Winn, and Majors Robert E. McMillan and Frederick C. Smith.

Enlisted in 1863 and served four months in Company D, 24th Georgia Infantry, CSA, before being discharged due to contracting Tuberculosis.

James Thomas Wheeler was my 2nd great-grandfather.

Updated February 18, 2015.