Campaigns Of Wheeler And His Cavalry 1862-1865 Dodson, W. C., Editor Military,Military History

SUBITITLED: From material furnished by Gen. Joseph Wheeler to which is added his concise and graphic account of The Santiago Campaign of 1898. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Tall 8vo, xxiv, 431, vii, 78 pgs; frontis portraits. Rebound in gray cloth with red, gilt stamped spine label. The first 431 pages describes his Civil War experiences; and the last 78 pages, separately numbered, cover his service in Cuba. DESCRIPTION: New binding is fine and clean. Interior with new endpapers, else is clean and tight. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler attended West Point and graduated in 1859; joining the 1st U.S. Dragoons, and after attending Cavalry School, was assigned to the Regiment of Mounted Rifleman and posted in New Mexico. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate Army. As a military commander of the Confederacy, he served as the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee and fought in most of its battles in the Western Theater. Following the war, Wheeler represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives for nine terms, and led U.S. forces during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American Insurrection. REFERENCES: DORN III #1251; NEVINS I pg 82: Wheeler and close compatriots furnished most of the data for this study; as a result, Dodson s study possesses little objectivity.