William Henry Chase Whiting

William Henry Chase Whiting

The top graduate in the class of 1845 at West Point, William Henry Chase Whiting served brilliantly as an engineer in the United States Army until he resigned his commission and accepted service with the Confederacy in February 1861. Assigned as commander of the Military District of the Cape Fear, Whiting played a vital role in the construction of Fort Fisher. On January 15, 1865, while leading a countercharge at the fort, he was shot twice in the leg and taken prisoner. General Whiting died as a prisoner on March 10, 1865, of complications from his wounds






I am not really sure how or if we are directly related but very interesting. 
found at NC Museam of History