2021-02 Raynors HCA Live
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WHEELER, Joseph (1836-1906) Confederate major general, "Fighting Joe" was a brilliant cavalry officer who raided Rosecrans at Chattanooga and harassed Sherman's army through Georgia and the Carolinas. Autograph Letter Signed, "J. Wheeler Maj. Genl" 1p. Quarto, Hd Qrs Cav Corps near Sopers X roads 4-55 p.m. Feby 2, 1865, addressed to General D. H. Hill Comg Dist. Ga, Augusta, and reads "Just after writing you this morning the enemy advanced upon us in strong force & succeeded in driving us across the Duck Creek Swamp near Sopers X roads. I had but about five hundred men to oppose the enemy at this point as nearly every other road was menaced & I could not withdraw troops from those places to bring them here. Enemy's line of skirmishers was fully half a mile long. We have checked them at this creek and think they will not be able to cross tonight. The enemy have driven us only about four (4) miles today...My loss in killed & wounded between twenty & thirty men on this road…" Fine.
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