★ Whitaker, Walter C.

Walter Chiles Whitaker​

Born: August 8, 1823

Birthplace: Shelbyville, Kentucky

Father: James Sullivan Whitaker 1785 – 1867

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

Mother: Phoebe Harvey Chiles 1784 – 1846

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

1st​ Wife: Lizzie Dickinson Unknown – 1857

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

2nd​ Wife: Henrietta Ormsby 1839 – 1918

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

Children:

Sue Bernice Whitaker​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Ernest Whitaker​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Henry Dickinson Whitaker​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Estelle Whitaker​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Richard Tubman Whitaker – 1856​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Annie Henry Whitaker 1856 – 1856​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Louis K. Whitaker 1866 – 1873​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Emily Tubman Whitaker Wallace 1873 – 1961​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Stanley Whitaker 1878 – 1887​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

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Sherman Whitaker 1881 – 1892​

(Buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky)​

Education:

Attended Bethany College​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Shelbyville, Kentucky​

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1847 – 1848: Served in Mexican – American War rising to 2nd​ Lt.​

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Owner of a large farm in Shelbyville, Kentucky​

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Criminal Law Attorney in Shelbyville, Kentucky​

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Kentucky State Representative

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Colonel of 6th​ Kentucky Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in the left elbow at the Battle of Stones River​

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1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1863: Wounded in the abdomen at Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia​

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1863: Served in the fighting at Lookout Mountain, & Rossville Gap​

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1863: Wounded in the Third Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee​

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1864: Wounded in the Battle of Resaca, Georgia​

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1864: Served in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for his role in the Atlanta Campaign​

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1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on August 24th​​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky​

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1865 – 1887: Treated for Chronic Diarrhea​

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Lived for a few years in a mental asylum in Kentucky​

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1878: Suffered from bilious and intermittent fever​

Died: July 9, 1887

Place of Death: Lyndon, Kentucky

Cause of Death: Chronic Diarrhea

Age at time of Death: 63 years old

Burial Place: Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky

 

[Pollaco]

He was said to be so drunk at Chickamauga that his regimental commanders had to fend for themselves and then again at Lookout Mountain but sober enough to order a charge that contributed to a Union Victory.

 

[Pollaco]

He really didn't have much of a successful career after the war due to a deteriorating mental condition brought on by drinking.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Weekend (August 8th) Birthday to Brig. General Walter C. Whitaker! Salutes remembering General Whitaker on his birthday weekend.