Cpl.,Co.D, 10th VA Infantry, CSA
Prior to the war, Peter was a laborer and a farmer.He married Mary Ann Bryan on October 30, 1861.
(In the Fall of 1866, Mary Ann left the state with another man while Peter was at work, taking two of three children. Peter eventually filed for a divorce almost two years later.--per great-grandson Bruce Wheeler #47649708.)
He became the 4th Corporal listed on the roster of the Bridgewater Grays, consisting of men living around Bridgewater, in Rockingham County, Virginia. The Bridgewater Grays was formed in early 1861 and paraded completely uniformed and fully equipped down Main Street in front of the Bridgewater town hall on April 5, 1861 under the command of Captain John S. Brown.
After passage of the Virginia Ordinance of Succession on April 17, 1861, the Bridgewater Grays, along with seven other Rockingham County infantry companies and two infantry companies from surrounding counties were organized into the 5th Virginia, and then on June 8 became Company D of the 10th Regiment Virginia Volunteers.
Peter was wounded in the leg on July 3 at Gettysburg. He was taken as a POW to DeCamp General Hospital at David Island's, NY on July 7, 1863. He was paroled from DeCamp General hospital on October 22, 1863 and returned to his regiment under light duty with a surgeon's certificate. Peter was paroled on May 19, 1865 in Staunton, Va.
After the war, Peter stayed in Rockingham County and worked as a laboror and a farmer. Peter married Catherine Jane Shaver on December 15, 1868. Catherine drowned in a flood near the head of Spring Creek in Rockingham County on November 2, 1875.
He married Lydia Margaret Lee on February 22, 1880. After Lydia died, Peter married Miriah Jane Minnick Howdyshell on September 6, 1885. After she died he was again a widower and eventually went blind. He spent the last years of his life living with his son, Jacob R. and Sadie Mae (Howdyshell) Wheeler.
Prior to the war, Peter was a laborer and a farmer.He married Mary Ann Bryan on October 30, 1861.
(In the Fall of 1866, Mary Ann left the state with another man while Peter was at work, taking two of three children. Peter eventually filed for a divorce almost two years later.--per great-grandson Bruce Wheeler #47649708.)
He became the 4th Corporal listed on the roster of the Bridgewater Grays, consisting of men living around Bridgewater, in Rockingham County, Virginia. The Bridgewater Grays was formed in early 1861 and paraded completely uniformed and fully equipped down Main Street in front of the Bridgewater town hall on April 5, 1861 under the command of Captain John S. Brown.
After passage of the Virginia Ordinance of Succession on April 17, 1861, the Bridgewater Grays, along with seven other Rockingham County infantry companies and two infantry companies from surrounding counties were organized into the 5th Virginia, and then on June 8 became Company D of the 10th Regiment Virginia Volunteers.
Peter was wounded in the leg on July 3 at Gettysburg. He was taken as a POW to DeCamp General Hospital at David Island's, NY on July 7, 1863. He was paroled from DeCamp General hospital on October 22, 1863 and returned to his regiment under light duty with a surgeon's certificate. Peter was paroled on May 19, 1865 in Staunton, Va.
After the war, Peter stayed in Rockingham County and worked as a laboror and a farmer. Peter married Catherine Jane Shaver on December 15, 1868. Catherine drowned in a flood near the head of Spring Creek in Rockingham County on November 2, 1875.
He married Lydia Margaret Lee on February 22, 1880. After Lydia died, Peter married Miriah Jane Minnick Howdyshell on September 6, 1885. After she died he was again a widower and eventually went blind. He spent the last years of his life living with his son, Jacob R. and Sadie Mae (Howdyshell) Wheeler.
Cpl.,Co.D, 10th VA Infantry, CSA
Prior to the war, Peter was a laborer and a farmer.He married Mary Ann Bryan on October 30, 1861.
(In the Fall of 1866, Mary Ann left the state with another man while Peter was at work, taking two of three children. Peter eventually filed for a divorce almost two years later.--per great-grandson Bruce Wheeler #47649708.)
He became the 4th Corporal listed on the roster of the Bridgewater Grays, consisting of men living around Bridgewater, in Rockingham County, Virginia. The Bridgewater Grays was formed in early 1861 and paraded completely uniformed and fully equipped down Main Street in front of the Bridgewater town hall on April 5, 1861 under the command of Captain John S. Brown.
After passage of the Virginia Ordinance of Succession on April 17, 1861, the Bridgewater Grays, along with seven other Rockingham County infantry companies and two infantry companies from surrounding counties were organized into the 5th Virginia, and then on June 8 became Company D of the 10th Regiment Virginia Volunteers.
Peter was wounded in the leg on July 3 at Gettysburg. He was taken as a POW to DeCamp General Hospital at David Island's, NY on July 7, 1863. He was paroled from DeCamp General hospital on October 22, 1863 and returned to his regiment under light duty with a surgeon's certificate. Peter was paroled on May 19, 1865 in Staunton, Va.
After the war, Peter stayed in Rockingham County and worked as a laboror and a farmer. Peter married Catherine Jane Shaver on December 15, 1868. Catherine drowned in a flood near the head of Spring Creek in Rockingham County on November 2, 1875.
He married Lydia Margaret Lee on February 22, 1880. After Lydia died, Peter married Miriah Jane Minnick Howdyshell on September 6, 1885. After she died he was again a widower and eventually went blind. He spent the last years of his life living with his son, Jacob R. and Sadie Mae (Howdyshell) Wheeler.
Prior to the war, Peter was a laborer and a farmer.He married Mary Ann Bryan on October 30, 1861.
(In the Fall of 1866, Mary Ann left the state with another man while Peter was at work, taking two of three children. Peter eventually filed for a divorce almost two years later.--per great-grandson Bruce Wheeler #47649708.)
He became the 4th Corporal listed on the roster of the Bridgewater Grays, consisting of men living around Bridgewater, in Rockingham County, Virginia. The Bridgewater Grays was formed in early 1861 and paraded completely uniformed and fully equipped down Main Street in front of the Bridgewater town hall on April 5, 1861 under the command of Captain John S. Brown.
After passage of the Virginia Ordinance of Succession on April 17, 1861, the Bridgewater Grays, along with seven other Rockingham County infantry companies and two infantry companies from surrounding counties were organized into the 5th Virginia, and then on June 8 became Company D of the 10th Regiment Virginia Volunteers.
Peter was wounded in the leg on July 3 at Gettysburg. He was taken as a POW to DeCamp General Hospital at David Island's, NY on July 7, 1863. He was paroled from DeCamp General hospital on October 22, 1863 and returned to his regiment under light duty with a surgeon's certificate. Peter was paroled on May 19, 1865 in Staunton, Va.
After the war, Peter stayed in Rockingham County and worked as a laboror and a farmer. Peter married Catherine Jane Shaver on December 15, 1868. Catherine drowned in a flood near the head of Spring Creek in Rockingham County on November 2, 1875.
He married Lydia Margaret Lee on February 22, 1880. After Lydia died, Peter married Miriah Jane Minnick Howdyshell on September 6, 1885. After she died he was again a widower and eventually went blind. He spent the last years of his life living with his son, Jacob R. and Sadie Mae (Howdyshell) Wheeler.
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