Wharton, John Austin

Life Span
to
Full name
John Austin Wharton
Place of Birth
Nashville, TN
Burial Place
Austin, TX
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
Family
William H. Wharton (father), Sarah Groce Wharton(mother), Eliza Penelope Johnson (wife)
Education
University of South Carolina
Occupation
Military
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Other Affiliations
Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
- In Georgia, advancing Union forces suffer a very heavy defeat near Chickamauga Creek
Red River Campaign
How to Cite This Page: "Wharton, John Austin," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/6837.