Whiting, William Henry Chase

Life Span
to
Full name
William Henry Chase Whiting
Place of Birth
Biloxi, MS
Burial Place
Wilmington, NC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Family
Kate Walker (wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Other
Other Education
Boston English Hight School (MA), Georgetown College (DC)
Occupation
Military
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
At Eltham's Landing, Confederate units thwart Union attempts to cut off their retreat from Yorktown
- Largest battle yet in the eastern theater fought at Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmond
How to Cite This Page: "Whiting, William Henry Chase," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6850.