William H.C. Whiting
William Henry Chase Whiting (March 22, 1824 – March 10, 1865) was an United States Army officer who resigned after 16 years of service in the Army Corps of Engineers to serve in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was wounded at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher by a musket ball to his leg, and died on March 10, 1865 of dysentery that entered his wounds.
Read more about William H.C. Whiting: West Point and The Officer Corps, Civil War
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