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Since James Wheless was not in the Confederate military,
there is no biography of him in the National Archives service
records. Below is my biography of the man
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There is nothing known
about James Wheless, except what can be pulled from his work
documents. In April of 1864, he was recommended to be the
Transportation Agent at Florence, S. C., to replace a Quartermaster
Captain who was departing. He had been a clerk in the Transportation
Office and had been observed by Sims at some point. He was approved
and assigned as a Bonded Agent of the Quartermaster Department,
assigned to Florence.
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In the summer of 1864, he
reported to Sims that he had accepted the position of Agent of the
Wilmington & Weldon RR at Florence in order to improve his
movement of goods and to be able to better control the attempts of
speculators to get their goods on cars in preference to Government
goods.
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| September 10, 1863 |
Paid for hauling
40,000 bushels of corn from Florida
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| January 1 - March 31,
1864 |
Paid as Clerk in QM
Department at Bristol, Tenn. |
| February 16, 1864 |
QMG receives his
request for a detail (sent by way of Secretary of War)
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| April 22, 1864 |
Recommended for
position of Transportation Agent at Florence, S. C.
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| May 21, 1864 |
Asks for commission;
receives appointment as Bonded Agent
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| June 16,
1864 |
Writes Sims for a
position
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| Ordered to and
assumed his duties at Kingsville
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| June 24, 1864 |
Reports on station
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| July 18, 1864 |
Thanks Sims for his
job
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| Asks about pay as
bonded agent
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| July 25, 1864 |
Reports business at
Florence for the past week to Sims
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| August 10, 1864 |
Was addressed, about freight backing up, at
Kingsville, S. C.
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Asks about size of his bond
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| August 27, 1864 |
Reports why he has not sent in his bond
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| October 4, 1864 |
Forwards a query to Capt. Sharp in Columbia
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| October 22, 1864 |
Reports his duties to the QMG
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| November 24, 1864 |
Ask question about account charging
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| February 1, 1865 |
Requests transfer, then withdraws it
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