Considered one of the lesser known heroes of the Civil War, and called a Florence Nightingale by some of her admirers She is mentioned in the book "More Than Petticoats Remarkable Michigan Women" by Julia Pferdehirt.

Julia was inducted into the Michigan's Womens Hall of Fame in October, 2002. She served in Michigan Soldiers Relief Association during the U. S. Civil War as a nurse. She was an author and teacher.

Famous at findagrave e mail sent back she did not qualify because she is famous in a local region.

She was the seventh child of Alden and Elsie (Morey) Wheelock. She kept a diary and the diary is part of the Civil War collection housed in the Lincoln Museum of Lincoln Memorial University. She attended Kalamazoo College, majoring in Latin and higher Math. After her gradution she started teaching.

She began her diaries the day she was told of her brother Orville Wheelock and his war injury. He died before she could see him, and he is buried in the Alexandria National Cemtery in Alexandria, VA.

During her life time she traveled in between caring for the sick. She met President Lincoln, and later was a visitor while he was lying in state, and wrote the following in her diary. "The windows, mantle & walls were heavioy draped in black. In the middle of the room on a platform covered with black sat the coffin which was beautiful beyond description. A wreath of white flowers and green leaves lay all around the coffin & overhead was a canopy of black. There in the cold embrace of death lay the Chief Magistrate of our country - a placid smile was upon his countenance. It seemed he must only be sleeping, that he would soon awake, but alas! he sleeps the sleep that knows no waking."

She married Porter C. Freeman, of Middleville, Michigan, on May 18, 1873. They lived in Middleville, and had two sons, Frank Wheelock Freeman, born 1876, and Frederick Orville Freeman, born 1879. The family moved to Springfield, MO., where Frank died at the young age of 14. Fred became a geologist and oil operator.

To her credit this book published, "The Boys in White: The Experiences of a Hospital Agent in and around Washington", by Julia S. Wheelock, NY, 1870. In it she describes medical procedures, daily routine of life, and details local and national events of interest. She wrote on meeting Abraham Lincoln, General Grant, and Clara Barton, and she describes the assassination of President Lincoln. Historians are currently transcribing her journal and hope to have it published in the near future.

Here is a list of her siblings I found on the Wheelock Genealogy site:
Emeline WHEELOCK
Orville WHEELOCK
Chapin Gilbert WHEELOCK
Sarah Almira WHEELOCK
Maryette Eliza WHEELOCK
Lafayette WHEELOCK
Julia Susan WHEELOCK
Susan WHEELOCK
Rozilla Cordelia WHEELOCK
Martha Melissa Ann WHEELOCK
Celestia Delila WHEELOCK

Here is a memorial that was pointed out to me, mentions her name. Find A Grave Memorial# 47337542.

Julia Susan Wheelock - Freeman served in the Michigan Soldier's Relief Association during the U.S. Civil War. She was also stationed with the 26th Michigan Infantry and Michigan Cavalry Brigades under General George Armstrong Custer.