Army of the Shenandoah
Engineers
Major W H C Whiting, Chief Engineer, Army of the Shenandoah
- maj. W H c Whiting
Assignment: Major W H C Whiting, Confederate States Corps Engineers, was assigned to the staff of General J E Johnston as chief engineer.
Sources
"Whiting, later a major general and creator and defender of Fort Fisher, N. C., had only arrived at Manassas on 20 July, with Johnston."
Bull Run Remembers, by Joseph M Hanson
Notes
Captain W H C Whiting, United States Corps Engineers, resigned his commission on 20 February, 1861, and was appointed major in the Confederates States Army. Major W H C Whiting was appointed inspector general in charge of the defenses of North Carolina including Fort Caswell, Oak Island, and Fort Johnston, near Southport, North Carolina, and the mouth of Cape Fear river, Beaufort harbour, and Fort Macon, Carteret County, North Carolina, on 21 April, 1861. Major W H C Whiting was ordered to report to General J E Johnston at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and was assigned to organise the Army of the Shenandoah proceeding to join the Army of the Potomac at Manassas Junction on 18 July, 1861. Major W H C Whiting and Major S Jones, Confederate States Army, were temporarily assigned to duty as brigadier generals by President J Davis dated 21 July, 1861, on 28 August, 1861.
On 25 July 1861, the Army of the Shenandoah was reorganised and the 6th North Carolina State Troops, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, 11th Mississippi Infantry, 1st Tennessee Infantry, 4th Alabama Infantry and the Staunton Artillery were assigned to the Third Brigade, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General W H C Whiting.
Report
Addendum to REPORT (Incomplete): Series I, Volume 1, pp. 185–189
Major W H C Whiting, Chief Engineer, Army of the Shenandoah
Orders of Battle
The above painting, 'Never give up the field', is by Don Troiani, modern America's finest historial artist.