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Brigadier General Joe Wheeler
Born near Augusta, Georgia, September 10, 1836,He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1859. Augusta GADied January 25 1906, Brooklyn NYPre-War Profession Graduated West Point 1859, frontier duty, resigned April 1861.War Service 1861 1st Lt. of artillery, September 1861 Col. of 19th Alabama, Shiloh, chief of cavalry in Army of the Mississippi, Kentucky campaign, October 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded the Cavalry Divn at Murfreesboro, January 1863 Maj. Gen., commanded the cavalry at Chickamauga, raided around Chattanooga, Knoxville campaign, commanded Cavalry Corps in Atlanta campaign, opposed Sherman's March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign, superseded by Hampton.Post War Career Cotton planter, US congressman, Maj. Gen. of volunteers in Spanish-American war, commanded a brigade in the Philippines, commissioned a Brig. Gen. in the Regular Army.
Old Testament pestilence
Pestilence refers to a condition or disease that causes massive damage or death. One example of pestilence in the Old Testament of the Bible is a plague of locusts, such as the one described in Exodus 10.
Second Battle of the Marne