Official Website for The Friends of Pond Spring and the General Joe Wheeler Home) New Additions and Information (March 2002) Located near Courtland, Alabama, Pond Spring (The Wheeler Plantation) was home to Joseph Wheeler, former Major General of Cavalry of the great Confederate western army, The Army of Tennessee (and briefly held the rank of Lieutenant General near War's end), also a long-time ...

Joseph Wheeler 1836-1906 Soldier His exploits as a Confederate Cavalry leader led to his promotion to Lieutenant General at the age of twenty-eight. He served as a Major General in the Spanish-American War and later as Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. Joseph Wheeler was the only Confederate general to attain the same rank later in the United States Army. Three decades after he commanded ...