William Henry Chase Whiting
Born: March 22, 1824
Birth Place: Biloxi, Mississippi
Father: Lt. Colonel Levi Whiting 1790 – 1852
(Buried: Hillside Cemetery, Naugatuck, Connecticut)
Mother: Mary Ann Whiting
Wife: Katherine Davis 1836 – 1901
(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)
Education:
1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (1st in class)
Occupation before War:
1845 – 1853: 2nd Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers
1845 – 1848: Assistant Engineer for Pensacola, Florida Harbor
1848 – 1850: Engineer for U.S. Army, Military Department of Texas
1850 – 1852: Assistant Engineer for Pensacola Florida Harbor
1852: Assistant Engineer in building of Fort Carroll in Maryland
1852: Assistant Engineer for Surveys & Harbor Improvements in Texas
1853 – 1858: 1st Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers
1853 – 1855: Assistant Engineer for San Francisco, California Harbor
1854 – 1856: Member board of Engineers for Pacific Coast Defenses
1856 – 1857: Superintendent Engineer for Forts Caswell and Macon
1857 – 1861: Engineer for improvements on St. John’s River
1858 – 1861: Engineer for repairs on Fort Jackson and Fort Pulaski
1858 – 1861: Engineer for improvements on Savanah River
1858 – 1861: Captain of United States Army, Corps of Engineers
1861: Resigned from United States Army on February 20th
Civil War Career:
1861: Major and Engineer in Confederate Engineers
1861: Chief Engineer for the Army of the Shenandoah 1st Bull Run
1861 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Participated in the Battle of Seven Pines
1862: Participated in the Second Valley Campaign
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign
1862: Participated in the Seven Days Campaign
1862 – 1864: Commander of Military District of Wilmington, North Carolina
1864 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Participated in the Defenses of Petersburg, Virginia
1865: Wounded and captured during 2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
Died: March 10, 1865
Place of Death: Fort Columbus on Governor's Island, New York
Age at time of Death: 40 years old
Cause of Death: Dysentery
Burial Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina
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