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Title: Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906 Dodson, W. C. (William Carey), b. 1846
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Campaigns Santiago Campaign, 1898 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga., Hodgins Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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s summons. He did not seekpersonal comfort, for he exchanged a residence in the nationa)capital for a tent in the jungles of Cuba, and a seat in theHouse of Representatives for the burning, sickening heat of atropical sun. With him went two sons, willing servitors intheir countrys cause. But this is not all of this record ofdevotion. A daughter, accustomed to all that high stationcould confer and ample means provide, surrendered thesefor life among the sick and wounded and dying on a foreignshore. After all this, when age and distinguished serviceand sacrifice would justify the refusal of any further offering,he was not only willing, but asked for (and has since received)an assignment to duty in war against uncivilized tribes seventhousand miles from our nearest coast. With the above as fitting introductory we proceed to tellin the following pages the story of Wheeler and his cavalrycommand in the Santiago campaign. *lle was a private in gth Kentucky Confederate cavalry. J^^^OR, LENOX
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THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER I. wheelers appointment—REPORT FOR DUTY TO GENERALWADE, COMMANDING AT TAMPA — GENERAL SHAFTERTAKES COMMAND OF THE EXPEDITION—EMBARKING FOR CUBA —poetry: joined the blues. On the afternoon of April 26th, President IMcKinley wroteGeneral Wheeler that he would be pleased to see him at half-past eight that evening. He was prompt, and was ushered intothe presence of the President, Attorney-General, Secretary ofWar, Major Webb Hayes, IMajor Hastings and ex-Congress-man Thompson. After the usual salutations, the Presidentsaid, General, I have sent for you to ask if you want to go,and if you feel able to go. General Wheeler replied that,while he was sixty-one years old, he felt as strong and capa-ble as when he was forty, or even much younger, and that hedesired very much to have another opportunity to serve hiscountry. The President said, I have to appoint fifteenmajor-generals ; and it would have given you great pleasureto have heard the pleasant thing

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