He earned the nickname "Fighting Joe" in the U.S. Army on the western frontier.

He would serve under the Stars and Stripes and the Stars and Bars in major wars.

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Joseph Wheeler, ca. Joseph Wheeler first gained the notice of his superiors as a Confederate lieutenant colonel at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of Shiloh (April 6–7, 1862), but soon afterward he returned to the cavalry

They are in the order that they occurred during the Civil War. Joseph Wheeler, Confederate cavalry general during the American Civil War. Major General Joseph Wheeler was noted cavalry commander who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War (1861-1865) and the US Army during the Spanish-American War (1898).

1898 Later in the war, Wheeler's cavalry often put up the only defense the South could offer against the invading forces of William Tecumseh Sherman.

Wheeler entered the U.S. cavalry from West Point in 1859 but soon resigned to enter the Confederate service. A native of Georgia, he was largely raised in the North and attended West Point. After fighting all day, he led his men, who were out of ammunition, in a bayonet attack against Union artillerymen defending Pittsburg Landing.

Joseph Wheeler Lieutenant General, Confederate States Major General, United States Army Member of Congress Born near Augusta, Georgia, September 10, 1836, he graduated from West Point in 1859 and was commissioned in Dragoons. Unsuccessful in stopping these Union forces, he nevertheless won many small battles along the way. Born in Augusta, Joseph Wheeler graduated near the bottom of his class at West Point. Joseph Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was an American military commander and politician.

But his courage and skill as a Confederate cavalry commander earned him lasting fame.