The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

Army of the Shenandoah

Engineers

Major W H c Whiting

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 attached 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

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.