WHEATON, Frank

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 8 1833, Providence RI

Died: June 18 1903, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Worked the Mexican-American Boundary Commission, frontier duty, Utah expedition

War Service: July 1861 Lt. Col. of 2nd Rhode Island, First Bull Run, July 1861 Col., Peninsula campaign, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, commanded 3rd Bde/3rd Divn/VI Corps at Chancellorsville, commanded 3rd Divn/VI Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, helped repel Jubal Early's raid on Washington, commanded 1st Divn/VI Corps in Shenandoah Valley, Petersburg.

Post War: Army service, commanded expedition against Modocs in California, retired 1897.