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Elizabeth Dorsey, daughter of John R. and Margaret L. Dorsey, and gave her the name Elizabeth Dorsey Wheeler. Wheeler and Dorsey had four other children: two daughters, Frederic L. Smith, Boyd Bartlett and two sons, George D. Wheeler and C. A. Wheeler. They also had three other children that passed
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were heavily researched and well received. Over the years these books have been "considered by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it."
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states "The History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine has long been considered the authoritative text on the three towns through 1878."
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away at young ages: Mary Charlotte (8 months old), Katherine Irene (7 months old) and Harvey Haskell (27 days old).
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assistant surgeon, U.S. Volunteers, and soon after he was appointed to take charge of the U.S. General Hospital at
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February 17, 1864, Wheeler married Mrs. Margaret Lavinia Dorsey, daughter of John F. and Elizabeth Harvercotta of
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Later in life, as well as an established physician, Wheeler was a well respected historian. His two books,
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of the School Committee of Castine to which he was repeatedly elected. In 1878 he was elected a member of
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History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine: Including the Ancient Territory Known as Pejepscot
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History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine: Including the Ancient Territory Known as Pejepscot
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with a division of the 9th Army Corps; Medical Inspector of Hospitals, and later, Surgeon in charge of
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History of Brunswick, Topsham and Harpswell, Maine: Including the Ancient Territory Known as Pejepscot
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History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville, Maine; Including the Ancient Settlement of Pentagöet
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History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville, Maine; Including the Ancient Settlement of Pentagöet
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on July 26, 1823, to Minister Amos Dean Wheeler and Louisa Amelia Wheeler. He graduated from
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with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1856 received his master's degree from Bowdoin College's
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After leaving the Army, Wheeler practiced as a physician for a short time in
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The Harvard Medical School: A History, Narrative and Documentary. 1782–1905
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to be "considered the authoritative text on the three towns through 1878".
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and in 1876 co-authored with his brother, Henry Warren Wheeler, the book
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of Company G. The 18th Maine would later have its name changed to the
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George Augustus Wheeler died on January 14, 1923, in Castine, Maine.
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states as the "authoritative text on the three towns through 1878".
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Wheeler, George Augustus (1923) . Bartlett, Louise Wheeler (ed.).
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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Wheeler, George Augustus & Wheeler, Henry Warren (1974) .
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Wheeler lived in several different towns of Maine, including
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Wheeler, George Augustus; Wheeler, Henry Warren (1878).
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The History of Castine, Brooksville and Penobscot, Maine
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The History of Castine, Brooksville and Penobscot, Maine
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historian. He authored two historical books including
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History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine
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History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine
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George Wheeler (disambiguation)
George Augustus Wheeler
Standish, Maine
Castine, Maine
Bowdoin College
Harvard Medical School
Doctor of Medicine
Union Army
Lieutenant colonel
18th Maine Regiment
9th Army Corps
American Civil War
George Augustus Wheeler's signature
American Civil War
Maine
Pejepscot Historical Society
Standish, Maine
Bowdoin College
Medical School of Maine
Harvard Medical School
Falmouth
Orland
Presque Isle
United States Army
mustered
18th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
private
Sergeant
1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment
commissioned

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