William Conway Whittle

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William Conway Whittle

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
5 Jan 1920 (aged 78)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Executive officer of the Confederate warship CSS Shenandoah, which fired the last shot of the Civil War, in the Bering Sea, north of the Aleutian islands of Alaska.William Conway Whittle, jr., born Norfolk, Virginia, January 16, 1840; original service in the United States Navy, as midshipman, from September 28, 1854; resigned, May 15, 1861; joined the Virginia Navy, then commissioned acting master, Confederate States Navy, June 11, 1861; appointed 1st lieutenant, February 8, 1862; served on York River batteries, 1861; CSS Nashville, 1861; later served on the CSS Louisiana; captured on the Mississippi River, at the fall of New Orleans, April, 1862; confined Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, August 5, 1862; then served on the Richmond station, 1862; later served on the CSS Chattahoochee; sent to Europe in March, 1863; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; served aboard the CSS Shenandoah, 1864-1865; after discharge, went to Argentina, 1866; returned to the United States, 1868; married Bettie (or Pattie) Page, daughter of Confederate States Navy officer, Richard Lucian Page; resided, in 1880 at the residence of his father in law, at Norfolk, Virginia; worked in the Old Bay Line, Norfolk, Virginia, as captain of several steamers, until 1890; member of the United Confederate Veterans, Virginia; died at Norfolk, Virginia, January 5, 1920; nephew of commander Arthur Sinclair, of the Confederate States Navy. [Alabama Claims 1, 974 and 2, (appendix 2), 133; ORN 1, 1, 752; 1, 18, 317 and 2, 1, 322; ORA 2, 3; LVa; Whittle introduction & 160; Register1862; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; 1880 U.S. Census.]
Executive officer of the Confederate warship CSS Shenandoah, which fired the last shot of the Civil War, in the Bering Sea, north of the Aleutian islands of Alaska.William Conway Whittle, jr., born Norfolk, Virginia, January 16, 1840; original service in the United States Navy, as midshipman, from September 28, 1854; resigned, May 15, 1861; joined the Virginia Navy, then commissioned acting master, Confederate States Navy, June 11, 1861; appointed 1st lieutenant, February 8, 1862; served on York River batteries, 1861; CSS Nashville, 1861; later served on the CSS Louisiana; captured on the Mississippi River, at the fall of New Orleans, April, 1862; confined Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, August 5, 1862; then served on the Richmond station, 1862; later served on the CSS Chattahoochee; sent to Europe in March, 1863; appointed 1st lieutenant, Provisional Navy, to rank from January 6, 1864; served aboard the CSS Shenandoah, 1864-1865; after discharge, went to Argentina, 1866; returned to the United States, 1868; married Bettie (or Pattie) Page, daughter of Confederate States Navy officer, Richard Lucian Page; resided, in 1880 at the residence of his father in law, at Norfolk, Virginia; worked in the Old Bay Line, Norfolk, Virginia, as captain of several steamers, until 1890; member of the United Confederate Veterans, Virginia; died at Norfolk, Virginia, January 5, 1920; nephew of commander Arthur Sinclair, of the Confederate States Navy. [Alabama Claims 1, 974 and 2, (appendix 2), 133; ORN 1, 1, 752; 1, 18, 317 and 2, 1, 322; ORA 2, 3; LVa; Whittle introduction & 160; Register1862; Register1863; JCC 4, 121; 1880 U.S. Census.]

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