He was a son of Philip and Malinda Gross Whitener.
Prof. George Hahn wrote a biographical sketch of Newton Whitener in his book, The Catawba Soldier of the Civil War. The following information is extracted from that book which was published in 1911:
Whitener entered the Confederate States Army in Co. F, 23rd regiment. "He is said to be the bravest of the brave." He once climbed the breastworks during a battle and took out a number of Union soldiers. Newton Whitener was captured at Chancellorsville and remained imprisioned until the end of the war.
After the war, he returned to Catawba County. Oral tradition says that Col. Gaither Hall once made a bet that he could out-walk anyone who challenged him around the race track at the Hickory Fair. Newton accepted the challenge and won five dollars for his efforts.
Prof. George Hahn wrote a biographical sketch of Newton Whitener in his book, The Catawba Soldier of the Civil War. The following information is extracted from that book which was published in 1911:
Whitener entered the Confederate States Army in Co. F, 23rd regiment. "He is said to be the bravest of the brave." He once climbed the breastworks during a battle and took out a number of Union soldiers. Newton Whitener was captured at Chancellorsville and remained imprisioned until the end of the war.
After the war, he returned to Catawba County. Oral tradition says that Col. Gaither Hall once made a bet that he could out-walk anyone who challenged him around the race track at the Hickory Fair. Newton accepted the challenge and won five dollars for his efforts.
He was a son of Philip and Malinda Gross Whitener.
Prof. George Hahn wrote a biographical sketch of Newton Whitener in his book, The Catawba Soldier of the Civil War. The following information is extracted from that book which was published in 1911:
Whitener entered the Confederate States Army in Co. F, 23rd regiment. "He is said to be the bravest of the brave." He once climbed the breastworks during a battle and took out a number of Union soldiers. Newton Whitener was captured at Chancellorsville and remained imprisioned until the end of the war.
After the war, he returned to Catawba County. Oral tradition says that Col. Gaither Hall once made a bet that he could out-walk anyone who challenged him around the race track at the Hickory Fair. Newton accepted the challenge and won five dollars for his efforts.
Prof. George Hahn wrote a biographical sketch of Newton Whitener in his book, The Catawba Soldier of the Civil War. The following information is extracted from that book which was published in 1911:
Whitener entered the Confederate States Army in Co. F, 23rd regiment. "He is said to be the bravest of the brave." He once climbed the breastworks during a battle and took out a number of Union soldiers. Newton Whitener was captured at Chancellorsville and remained imprisioned until the end of the war.
After the war, he returned to Catawba County. Oral tradition says that Col. Gaither Hall once made a bet that he could out-walk anyone who challenged him around the race track at the Hickory Fair. Newton accepted the challenge and won five dollars for his efforts.
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