In 1860, he was a waiter living with seventy-year-old Mary Johnson in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had brown hair, black eyes, and a dark complexion. He married Catherine married Catherine Keith April 12, 1862, in Carlisle, but they had no children.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-three presumably in Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, April 22, 1863, and for certain mustered into federal service there May 13 as a sergeant with Co. I, 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Listed as missing in action during fighting at Battery Wagner on July 18, 1863, he was dropped from the rolls August 3, 1863, along with others listed as missing during that battle. In fact, he had been captured and incarcerated at a location not stated in his compiled military service records. However, a statement in his widow's pension file by a comrade captured with him claims he was first incarcerated in Charleston, then the stockade at Florence, last at Goldsboro, North Carolina; and paroled at N.E. Ferry, North Carolina, on March 4, 1865. He was then forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and furloughed to date March 19. He returned to the army only to die from typhoid fever at L'Ouverture U.S. Hospital.
On September 3, 1867, Catherine applied for a widow's pension and received it.
Please note that a previous biography shown here incorrectly listed Alfred Whiting as a member of the "54th Regiment Colored Infantry." The mistake is understandable given that the tombstone displays "54th U.S.C.T.," and it is wrong. There is no record of any Alfred Whiting or any name close to it who served with Co. I, 54th U.S.C.T. That previous Findagrave biography also claimed that this Alfred Whiting's name is listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC, Plaque No. E-155. I presume that is true, but if it designates the 54th U.S.C.T. as his regiment, it is likewise wrong. For these reasons, I thus have deleted the previous biography.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-three presumably in Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, April 22, 1863, and for certain mustered into federal service there May 13 as a sergeant with Co. I, 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Listed as missing in action during fighting at Battery Wagner on July 18, 1863, he was dropped from the rolls August 3, 1863, along with others listed as missing during that battle. In fact, he had been captured and incarcerated at a location not stated in his compiled military service records. However, a statement in his widow's pension file by a comrade captured with him claims he was first incarcerated in Charleston, then the stockade at Florence, last at Goldsboro, North Carolina; and paroled at N.E. Ferry, North Carolina, on March 4, 1865. He was then forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and furloughed to date March 19. He returned to the army only to die from typhoid fever at L'Ouverture U.S. Hospital.
On September 3, 1867, Catherine applied for a widow's pension and received it.
Please note that a previous biography shown here incorrectly listed Alfred Whiting as a member of the "54th Regiment Colored Infantry." The mistake is understandable given that the tombstone displays "54th U.S.C.T.," and it is wrong. There is no record of any Alfred Whiting or any name close to it who served with Co. I, 54th U.S.C.T. That previous Findagrave biography also claimed that this Alfred Whiting's name is listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC, Plaque No. E-155. I presume that is true, but if it designates the 54th U.S.C.T. as his regiment, it is likewise wrong. For these reasons, I thus have deleted the previous biography.
In 1860, he was a waiter living with seventy-year-old Mary Johnson in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had brown hair, black eyes, and a dark complexion. He married Catherine married Catherine Keith April 12, 1862, in Carlisle, but they had no children.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-three presumably in Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, April 22, 1863, and for certain mustered into federal service there May 13 as a sergeant with Co. I, 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Listed as missing in action during fighting at Battery Wagner on July 18, 1863, he was dropped from the rolls August 3, 1863, along with others listed as missing during that battle. In fact, he had been captured and incarcerated at a location not stated in his compiled military service records. However, a statement in his widow's pension file by a comrade captured with him claims he was first incarcerated in Charleston, then the stockade at Florence, last at Goldsboro, North Carolina; and paroled at N.E. Ferry, North Carolina, on March 4, 1865. He was then forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and furloughed to date March 19. He returned to the army only to die from typhoid fever at L'Ouverture U.S. Hospital.
On September 3, 1867, Catherine applied for a widow's pension and received it.
Please note that a previous biography shown here incorrectly listed Alfred Whiting as a member of the "54th Regiment Colored Infantry." The mistake is understandable given that the tombstone displays "54th U.S.C.T.," and it is wrong. There is no record of any Alfred Whiting or any name close to it who served with Co. I, 54th U.S.C.T. That previous Findagrave biography also claimed that this Alfred Whiting's name is listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC, Plaque No. E-155. I presume that is true, but if it designates the 54th U.S.C.T. as his regiment, it is likewise wrong. For these reasons, I thus have deleted the previous biography.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty-three presumably in Readville, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, April 22, 1863, and for certain mustered into federal service there May 13 as a sergeant with Co. I, 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Listed as missing in action during fighting at Battery Wagner on July 18, 1863, he was dropped from the rolls August 3, 1863, along with others listed as missing during that battle. In fact, he had been captured and incarcerated at a location not stated in his compiled military service records. However, a statement in his widow's pension file by a comrade captured with him claims he was first incarcerated in Charleston, then the stockade at Florence, last at Goldsboro, North Carolina; and paroled at N.E. Ferry, North Carolina, on March 4, 1865. He was then forwarded to Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, and furloughed to date March 19. He returned to the army only to die from typhoid fever at L'Ouverture U.S. Hospital.
On September 3, 1867, Catherine applied for a widow's pension and received it.
Please note that a previous biography shown here incorrectly listed Alfred Whiting as a member of the "54th Regiment Colored Infantry." The mistake is understandable given that the tombstone displays "54th U.S.C.T.," and it is wrong. There is no record of any Alfred Whiting or any name close to it who served with Co. I, 54th U.S.C.T. That previous Findagrave biography also claimed that this Alfred Whiting's name is listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC, Plaque No. E-155. I presume that is true, but if it designates the 54th U.S.C.T. as his regiment, it is likewise wrong. For these reasons, I thus have deleted the previous biography.
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