WHITING, William Henry Chase

Confederate

Born: March 22 1824, Biloxi MS

Died: March 10 1865, Governor's Island NY

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1845 (1st in his class) , supervised river and harbor works and fortifications, resigned February 1861.

War Service: 1861 Maj. of engineers, chief engineer of Johnston's Army of the Shenandoah, August 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Whiting's Divn at Seven Pines, Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign, Seven Days, ordered to North Carolina, developed Fort Fisher as a strong fortress, April 1863 Maj. Gen., Petersburg, returned to North Carolina, defense of Fort Fisher (w, c).

Post War: Wounded in the right thigh and hip, he was captured in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, and weakened by war service and the injuries suffered at Fort Fisher, Whiting died of dysentery at the Union military hospital at Fort Columbus on Governors Island in New York City on March 10, 1865.