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 

Enlist Date

I found out that George Mordecai Whiting enlisted Feb 27, 1862 into the Confederacy in Wake County NC and he listed his occupation as a druggist

NC archives
1552 Mars id "George M Whiting papers"
5232 Mars id " David Brainard Whiting Reminsicences"

The following clip was taken from 47th Regiment of NC

COMPANY C - Wake County

The first Captain of Company C was Edward Hall, who died 1 September, 1862, when Cameron T. Iredell became Captain, was killed 3 July, 1863, and George M. Whiting became Captain; taken prisoner at Gettysburg and died after the war of disease contracted in prison. The Lieutenants of this company were Nathaniel L. Brown, David M. Whitaker, Marmaduke W. Norileet and A. H. Harris.

Poem

This Poem is by George Mordecai Whiting. He would be my fourth uncle. I exists to honor the Confederate soliders on an obelisk in Raleigh, NC in Oakwood cemetery.
I found it also in a book NC Poems By Eugene Clyde Brooks

The book states that George Mordecai Whiting was  born in Raleigh, NC,  
February 9th, 1842 the Confederate captain of Company C, North Carolina regiment.

 He was wounded and captured at Gettysburg and was in the military prision on 
Johnson's Island NY.

He later died from Consumption a few years after is imprisonment. 
On his 28th Birthday he died 1870 the same year the obelisk was erected in 
Oakwood Cememtery 

This is his headstone

Introduction to my interest

My mothers father was a Whiting. They lived in eastern North Carolina. I recently moved to Raleigh, NC and then took a family beach vacation. While on this vacation a Whiting cousin mentioned a poem by our ancestor. She is brilliant and remembered the whole thing. Did I mention that she is in her 20's. Our family talked a lot of family history and she enjoyed it as a youngster. She told me that the poem was on a obelisk in Raleigh in a cemetery. I soon discovered this obelisk is in a Confederate Oakwood cemetery that is only a mile from my home. This has led me on quite a journey and I would like to keep track of what I have learned about my history.