Joseph Christopher Wheelwright (Cadet, V. M. I.)

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Joseph Christopher Wheelwright

Birthdate:
Birthplace: VA
Death: June 02, 1864 (17)
Battle of Newmarket, VA (mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market)
Immediate Family:

Son of Dr. Frederick Dodge Wheelwright and Maria Louisa Collins
Brother of Thomas Collins Wheelwright; Frederick Dodge Wheelwright; Warren Lendrum Wheelwright and John Wheelwright
Half brother of Josephine Wheelwright; Jere Hungerford Wheelwright and Eleanor Hungerford Wheelwright

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About Joseph Christopher Wheelwright (Cadet, V. M. I.)

http://archivesweb.vmi.edu/rosters/record.php?ID=3064

Joseph Christopher Wheelwright was serving as a Cadet at the Virginia Military Institute when he was mortally wounded at the Battle of New Market.

Class of 1867 (Freshman); Cadet Private, Company C; Died on June 2 at the home of a doctor in Harrisonburg. Buried at VMI.

The grave of Joseph Christopher Wheelwright at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Market#/media/File:Grav...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Market

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Joseph Christopher Wheelwright (Cadet, V. M. I.)'s Timeline

1846
November 26, 1846
VA
1850
October 17, 1850
Age 3
Westmoreland Co., VA
1860
July 2, 1860
Age 13
Westmoreland Co., VA
1864
June 2, 1864
Age 17
Battle of Newmarket, VA