''Joseph Wheeler'' is a
bronze sculpture commemorating the
Confederate
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States or communities
* Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities
* Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between ...
and American
military commander and politician of the same name by
Berthold Nebel, installed in the
United States Capitol as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the state of
Alabama in 1925.
Wheeler fought for two different armies in two different wars: for the
Confederate States Army in the
Civil War and for the
United States Army in the
Spanish–American War, where he saw active service both in Cuba and the Philippines. During the Civil War Wheeler was known as "Fighting Joe" by his soldiers and had 16 horses shot out from under him. He also served in the US House of Representatives from 1883 to 1900.
Henry B. Steagall said of Wheeler at the state's unveiling in the Capitol, "General Wheeler, with the same courage that had characterized his conduct on the field of battle accepted bravely and without a murmur the result of the conflict and went back home to engage in the struggle to bring order out of chaos, to free his people from misrule and usurpation, and set his state once more on the glad highway of peace and happiness – March 12, 1925"
[Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 p. 15]
See also
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1925 in art
Events from the year 1925 in art.
Events
* February 23 – Stanley Spencer marries Hilda Carline.
* March 31 – The Bauhaus closes in Weimar and moves to Dessau.
* April–October – In Paris, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry spon ...
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List of Confederate monuments and memorials
References
External links
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1925 establishments in the United States
Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Wheeler
Wheeler may refer to:
Places United States
* Wheeler, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, California, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, Illinois, a village
* Wheeler, Indiana, a ...
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
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