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Joseph T. Wheeler (Cincinnati, Ohio farmer and capt 1st KY Inf USA)

b. 1821? d. 1890?

Cincinnati, Ohio, farmer and soldier. Native of Canada. Married to Alice Wheeler. Father of William E. Wheeler and Samuel J. Wheeler. Farmer in Cincinnati in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from April 29, 1861, to June 15, 1862. Reported as deserted on June 15, 1862. Resigned from service on October 13, 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 14, p. 436.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 524.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 160.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #422,709.

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Wheeler, Joseph T.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209574 (November 12, 2026).

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