George Augustus Wheeler, MD (July 26, 1837 – January 14, 1923) was a surgeon in the American Civil War and a prominent Maine historian.

[1] In July of 1862, Wheeler enlisted in the United States Army and was mustered into the 18th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a private.

[1][4] After leaving the Army, Wheeler practiced as a physician for a short time in Alberton, Maryland, then went to Washington, D.C. where he was employed as a surgeon by the Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen, and was in charge of the hospital in Arlington County, Virginia.

[1] While in Castine, he became a Camp Commander for the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans organization, Post No.

Wheeler was prominently connected with the Masonic Fraternity, a part of the Republican Party and a member of the Unitarian church.

"C The later of the two books is stated by the Pejepscot Historical Society to be "considered the authoritative text on the three towns through 1878".A George Augustus Wheeler died on January 14, 1923, in Castine, Maine.