 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MunaGunyana 1862, Wheeler akanyoresa mu150th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, kwaakaunganidzwa semutevedzeri wekutanga muKambani E. Muna Zvita 1863, akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni wekambani yake. Akaitwawo mukuru mukuru. Akadzingwa neboka rake muna June 1865. Hondo yokutanga yepurogiramu yake yaiva Hondo yeGettysburg, uye akarwa muhondo dzakawanda, kusanganisira Shermans March to the Sea. 