CSN Whittle, William Conway - 1st Lt.

William Conway Whittle II

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Born: January 16, 1841

Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia

Father: William Conway Whittle Jr. 1806 – 1878
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

Mother: Elizabeth Beverley Sinclair 1811 – 1855
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

Wife: Elizabeth Calvert Page 1846 – 1921
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

Children:

Alexina Page Whittle 1874 – 1936​
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​
Richard Page Whittle 1875 – 1897​
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​
Elizabeth Sinclair Whittle 1877 – 1951​
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​
Mary Beverley Whittle Dabney 1879 – 1941​
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​
William Conway Whittle III 1881 – 1927​
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​
Edmonia Lee Whittle 1885 – 1968​
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

Occupation before War:

1854 – 1861: Midshipman in the United States Navy​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Acting Master in the Confederate States Navy​
1861: Served on York River Batteries​
1861: Served on CSS Nashville
1862 – 1865: 1st Lt. in the Confederate States Navy​
1862: Captured during the Surrender of New Orleans, Louisiana​
1862: Exchanged on August 5, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, Virginia​
1862: Served on the CSS Chattahoochee
1863: Sent to Europe by the Confederate Navy
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1864 – 1865: Served on CSS Shenandoah

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1868: Lived in Argentina​
Captain of Steamers in Norfolk, Virginia, Old Bay Line​
Member of the United Confederate Veterans​

Died: January 5, 1920

Place of Death: Norfolk, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 78 years old

Burial Place: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia
 
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