 Joseph Nelson Garland Whistler October 19, 1822 April 20, 1899 akanga ari mukuru mukuru wemauto eUnited States. Akashanda muHondo yeMexico neAmerica uye akagamuchira kugadzwa kwepaiti yebasa rakasiyana muhondo yeContrerasuye Hondo yeChurubusco. Pakutanga kweHondo yeVanhu veAmerica, Whistler aiva pakati pevakuru veU.S. Regular Army vakatapwa neConfederates muTexas muna Kubvumbi 1861 uye vakaburitswa asi havana kuchinjaniswa kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 15, 1862. Muna 1863, akava colonel we2nd New York Heavy Artillery Regiment. Akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa uye kusarudzwa kwematanho mana muchiuto chenguva dzose nekuda kwebasa rake panguva yeOverland Campaign, kunyanya Hondo yeNorth Anna, uye Siege yePetersburg, kunyanya Hondo yechipiri yePetersburg. Akasarudzwa musi waJanuary 13, 1866 uye akasimbiswa musi waMarch 12, 1866 nokuda kwekugadzwa kune chikamu che brevet brigadier general of volunteers, kuti ave kubva musi waMarch 13, 1866. Akarega basa muna October 19, 1886 semukuru mukuru we15th U.S. Infantry Regiment. 