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Charles A. Whittier

May 05, 2024

Charles Albert Whittier (August 6, 1840 – May 14, 1908)[1] was a Union Army lieutenant colonel and staff officer during the American Civil War. In 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from April 9, 1865, the date he met the flag of truce party of the Army of Northern Virginia as that army arrived to surrender to the Union Army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.[2] He served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Spanish–American War.[2]

Charles A. Whittier
Birth nameCharles Albert Whittier
Born(1840-08-06)August 6, 1840
Bangor, Maine, U.S.
DiedMay 14, 1908(1908-05-14) (aged 67)
At sea
Buried
Mount Auburn Cemetery
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army (Union)
Years of service1861–1870, 1898–1899
RankBrigadier general
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Spanish–American War
Alma materHarvard University
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Chadwick

Early life edit

Whittier was born in Bangor, Maine on August 6, 1840.[2] He was the son of Joseph Merrill Whittier (1811–1872) and Mary Elizabeth (née Morgan) Whittier (1816–1866). He was a relative of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.[3][4] His paternal grandfather was Nathaniel Whittier.[5]

A year after his birth,[5] Whittier's family moved from Maine to Massachusetts, where he graduated from Harvard University in 1860.[2][6]

Career edit

Following his graduation, he began the study of law with the office of Brooks and Ball,[5] but did not finish due to the onset of the Civil War.[1]

Civil War edit

Whittier first served in the Union Army as a Second Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.[2] He was promoted to First Lieutenant on January 1, 1862. Serving as aide de camp to Major General John Sedgwick in the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac from January 1863 until Sedgwick's death, Whittier was promoted to captain on April 1, 1863, and to major on April 25, 1863.[2] As Sedgwick's assistant adjutant general, Whittier was one of the officers who witnessed Sedgwick's death from a gunshot by a Confederate soldier on May 9, 1864.[7] Whittier continued to serve as an assistant adjutant general in the VI Corps until January 31, 1865 when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and became an assistant adjutant general in the II Corps (Union Army) until August 1, 1865.[2]

On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Whittier for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.[8]

After the end of the Civil War, Whittier continued to serve as an assistant adjutant general in the Union Army and then in the Regular Army (United States) from November 30, 1866 in the Military Division of the Pacific until April 19, 1869 when he became unassigned.[2] He was mustered out of the volunteers on November 30, 1866.[2] He held the regular army grade of captain in the 17th Infantry Regiment (United States) from July 28, 1866.[2] He was transferred to the 32nd Infantry Regiment (United States) on April 17, 1867 and was unassigned April 19, 1869.[2] He was assigned to the 19th Infantry Regiment (United States) on February 15, 1870.[2] He resigned from the army on August 3, 1870 to become a lawyer.[2]

Finance career edit

In 1870, he became a partner in the Boston investment bank of Lee, Higginson & Co.[5] He played a major role in the development of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Reportedly, through his and his followers efforts, the stock of the Atchison Railroad skyrocketed from $10 to $150 a share during the prosperous times in the Boston Stock Exchange.[5]

Spanish–American War edit

At the outset of the Spanish–American War, Whittier became a lieutenant colonel and inspector general in the U.S. Army on May 10, 1898.[2] He accompanied Major General Wesley Merritt to the Philippines.[9] Whittier was promoted to brigadier general on August 13, 1898.[2] He was discharged on January 31, 1899.[2]

Personal life edit

Whittier was married to Elizabeth Jones "Lilia" Chadwick (1846–1906),[10] the daughter of Christopher Chadwick and sister of Dr. James Read Chadwick. In 1892, Lilia was listed on Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred". Together, they were the parents of:[11][12]

In 1880, the Whittier's commissioned a large mansion that was designed by famed society architects McKim, Mead & White located at 270 Beacon Street in the Back Bay section of Boston.[12] Reportedly the home "symbolized sophisticated and restrained wealth, and expressed ownership that knew the difference between size that was demostrative and size that was useful."[12] They sold their Boston home in 1891 to fellow investment banker Frederick Henry Prince, who sold it to the University Club of Boston in 1892.[24] The also maintained a home in New York City at 247 Fifth Avenue.[5] Whittier was a member of the Somerset Club in Boston, the Metropolitan Club and Union Club in New York, and the Metropolitan Club in Washington D.C.[5]

Whittier died at sea of apoplexy, aboard the S.S. Mauretania,[5] on May 14, 1908.[25][26] After a funeral at Grace Church in New York City, he was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]

Descendants edit

Through his daughter Susan, he was the grandfather of Prince Sergei Sergeivich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1895–1978),[27][28] who married Florence Crane (1909–1969),[29] the granddaughter of Richard Teller Crane, in 1943;[30][31] and Prince Andrei Sergeivich Belosselsky-Belozersky (1909–1961), who did not marry.[32]

Through his daughter Pauline, he was the grandfather of Comdr. Ernest Iselin Jr., a naval attaché in Belgrade; and Louise Iselin (d. 1982),[33] who married Augustus K. Mills III, the head of public relations for Henry Ford II.[20]

Published works edit

  • Whittier, Charles Albert Egotistical Memoirs Typescript (1888)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "GEN. WHITTIER DIES AT SEA. Ernest Iselin, Son-in-Law, Gets Wire. less Message--Well When He Sailed". The New York Times. 15 May 1908. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 567.
  3. ^ a b "Officers of Volunteers" (PDF). The New York Times. 1898-05-10. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  4. ^ Whittier, John Greenleaf (1975). The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier. Harvard University Press. p. 191. ISBN 9780674528307. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Thayer, William Roscoe; Castle, William Richards; Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe; Pier, Arthur Stanwood; Voto, Bernard Augustine De; Morrison, Theodore (1909). The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Vol. 17. Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association. p. 136. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  6. ^ Miller, Richard F. (2005). Harvard's Civil War: A History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. UPNE. p. 435. ISBN 9781584655053. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  7. ^ McMahon, Martin T. "The Death of General John Sedgwick". Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  8. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 761.
  9. ^ "230 Beacon Street". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  10. ^ "Obituary Notes. Mrs. ELIZABETH C. WHITTIER". The New York Times. January 29, 1906. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  11. ^ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1904. p. 59. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d Lewis, Arnold; Turner, James; McQuillin, Steven (2016). The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age: All 203 Photographs from "Artistic Houses," with New Text. Courier Corporation. p. 154. ISBN 9780486319476. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  13. ^ Harvard College (1780-) Class of 1860 (1880). Report of the Class of 1860, 1860-1880. S. Angell. p. 158. Retrieved 16 May 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "PRINCESS IS DEAD; WAS SUSAN WHITTIER; Wife of Belosselsky-Belozersky Member of Old New England Family--Ill Ten Years". The New York Times. 11 December 1934. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  15. ^ "AIDE TO LAST CZAR DIES; Prince S. Belosselsky-Belozersky Was Former Cavalry Officer". The New York Times. 22 April 1951. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Susan Whittier (1874–1934)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  17. ^ "MARRIED TO A RUSSIAN PRINCE.; Three Wedding Ceremonies for Miss Whittier of New-York". The New York Times. 24 October 1894. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  18. ^ "DRESS OF AN AMERICAN BRIDE IN PARIS; Princess Sergius Belosselsky-Belozersky's Wedding Gowns and Laces". The New York Times. 27 November 1894. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  19. ^ "SHE IS NOW PRINCESS BELOZERSKY.; The Two Religions Weddings of Miss Whittier of New-York". The New York Times. 25 October 1894. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  20. ^ a b "MRS. ERNEST ISELIN; HELPED CHARITIES; Founder of Generosity Thrift Shop Dies at 69--Was Kin of Massachusetts Whittiers". The New York Times. 4 March 1946. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  21. ^ Who's Who in New York City and State. L.R. Hamersly Company. 1914. p. 390. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  22. ^ Broadway Weekly. Broadcast Weekly Publishing Company. 1904. p. 18. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  23. ^ "DIED. ISELIN--Ernest". The New York Times. January 12, 1954. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  24. ^ "270 Beacon". backbayhouses.org. Back Bay Houses. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  25. ^ "DIED. Whittier". The New York Times. 15 May 1908. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  26. ^ "HOW GEN. WHITTIER DIED.; Heart Disease, Say *Steamship OfflcialsTale of Scalding In Bath Denied". The New York Times. 20 May 1908. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  27. ^ "Prince Sergei Sergeievich Belosselsky-Belozersky". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  28. ^ "Adolfo Bezamat Marries Miss Tatiana Belosselsky". The New York Times. 24 February 1974. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  29. ^ Spieldenner, Sharon; Kitchings, Laura (June 2016). "Guide to Crane Family Collection (1873-2011)" (PDF). thetrustees.access.preservica.com. Archives & Research Center. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  30. ^ Hutto, Richard Jay (2005). The Jekyll Island Club Members. Indigo Custom Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9780977091225. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  31. ^ "MRS. F.C. ROBINSON TO WED; Will Become the Bride of Serge Belosselsky-Belozersky". The New York Times. 25 November 1943. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  32. ^ "EX-RUSSIAN PRINCE DIES; A. Belosselsky-Belozemky, an Aide of the B.B.C., Was 51". The New York Times. 12 April 1961. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  33. ^ "LOUISE ISELIN MILLS". The New York Times. May 28, 1982. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

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Charles Albert Whittier August 6 1840 May 14 1908 1 was a Union Army lieutenant colonel and staff officer during the American Civil War In 1866 he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from April 9 1865 the date he met the flag of truce party of the Army of Northern Virginia as that army arrived to surrender to the Union Army at Appomattox Court House Virginia 2 He served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Spanish American War 2 Charles A WhittierBirth nameCharles Albert WhittierBorn 1840 08 06 August 6 1840Bangor Maine U S DiedMay 14 1908 1908 05 14 aged 67 At seaBuriedMount Auburn CemeteryAllegianceUnited StatesService wbr branchUnited States Army Union Years of service1861 1870 1898 1899RankBrigadier generalBattles warsAmerican Civil WarSpanish American WarAlma materHarvard UniversitySpouse s Elizabeth Chadwick Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Civil War 2 2 Finance career 2 3 Spanish American War 3 Personal life 3 1 Descendants 4 Published works 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly life editWhittier was born in Bangor Maine on August 6 1840 2 He was the son of Joseph Merrill Whittier 1811 1872 and Mary Elizabeth nee Morgan Whittier 1816 1866 He was a relative of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier 3 4 His paternal grandfather was Nathaniel Whittier 5 A year after his birth 5 Whittier s family moved from Maine to Massachusetts where he graduated from Harvard University in 1860 2 6 Career editFollowing his graduation he began the study of law with the office of Brooks and Ball 5 but did not finish due to the onset of the Civil War 1 Civil War edit Whittier first served in the Union Army as a Second Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment 2 He was promoted to First Lieutenant on January 1 1862 Serving as aide de camp to Major General John Sedgwick in the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac from January 1863 until Sedgwick s death Whittier was promoted to captain on April 1 1863 and to major on April 25 1863 2 As Sedgwick s assistant adjutant general Whittier was one of the officers who witnessed Sedgwick s death from a gunshot by a Confederate soldier on May 9 1864 7 Whittier continued to serve as an assistant adjutant general in the VI Corps until January 31 1865 when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and became an assistant adjutant general in the II Corps Union Army until August 1 1865 2 On January 13 1866 President Andrew Johnson nominated Whittier for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13 1865 and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12 1866 8 After the end of the Civil War Whittier continued to serve as an assistant adjutant general in the Union Army and then in the Regular Army United States from November 30 1866 in the Military Division of the Pacific until April 19 1869 when he became unassigned 2 He was mustered out of the volunteers on November 30 1866 2 He held the regular army grade of captain in the 17th Infantry Regiment United States from July 28 1866 2 He was transferred to the 32nd Infantry Regiment United States on April 17 1867 and was unassigned April 19 1869 2 He was assigned to the 19th Infantry Regiment United States on February 15 1870 2 He resigned from the army on August 3 1870 to become a lawyer 2 Finance career edit In 1870 he became a partner in the Boston investment bank of Lee Higginson amp Co 5 He played a major role in the development of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Reportedly through his and his followers efforts the stock of the Atchison Railroad skyrocketed from 10 to 150 a share during the prosperous times in the Boston Stock Exchange 5 Spanish American War edit At the outset of the Spanish American War Whittier became a lieutenant colonel and inspector general in the U S Army on May 10 1898 2 He accompanied Major General Wesley Merritt to the Philippines 9 Whittier was promoted to brigadier general on August 13 1898 2 He was discharged on January 31 1899 2 Personal life editWhittier was married to Elizabeth Jones Lilia Chadwick 1846 1906 10 the daughter of Christopher Chadwick and sister of Dr James Read Chadwick In 1892 Lilia was listed on Ward McAllister s Four Hundred Together they were the parents of 11 12 Louise Chadwick Whittier 1872 1886 who died young 13 Susan Tucker Whittier 1874 1934 14 who married Prince Sergei Belosselsky Belozersky 1867 1951 15 a wealthy Russian landowner and soldier 3 16 in 1894 17 18 19 Pauline Whittier 1876 1946 12 20 who married Ernest Iselin 1876 1954 5 a Columbia University graduate and banker 21 in 1904 22 Ernest was a son of Adrian Iselin Jr and a grandson of Adrian Georg Iselin 23 In 1880 the Whittier s commissioned a large mansion that was designed by famed society architects McKim Mead amp White located at 270 Beacon Street in the Back Bay section of Boston 12 Reportedly the home symbolized sophisticated and restrained wealth and expressed ownership that knew the difference between size that was demostrative and size that was useful 12 They sold their Boston home in 1891 to fellow investment banker Frederick Henry Prince who sold it to the University Club of Boston in 1892 24 The also maintained a home in New York City at 247 Fifth Avenue 5 Whittier was a member of the Somerset Club in Boston the Metropolitan Club and Union Club in New York and the Metropolitan Club in Washington D C 5 Whittier died at sea of apoplexy aboard the S S Mauretania 5 on May 14 1908 25 26 After a funeral at Grace Church in New York City he was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts 2 Descendants edit Through his daughter Susan he was the grandfather of Prince Sergei Sergeivich Belosselsky Belozersky 1895 1978 27 28 who married Florence Crane 1909 1969 29 the granddaughter of Richard Teller Crane in 1943 30 31 and Prince Andrei Sergeivich Belosselsky Belozersky 1909 1961 who did not marry 32 Through his daughter Pauline he was the grandfather of Comdr Ernest Iselin Jr a naval attache in Belgrade and Louise Iselin d 1982 33 who married Augustus K Mills III the head of public relations for Henry Ford II 20 Published works editWhittier Charles Albert Egotistical Memoirs Typescript 1888 See also edit nbsp American Civil War portal List of American Civil War brevet generals Union References edit a b GEN WHITTIER DIES AT SEA Ernest Iselin Son in Law Gets Wire less Message Well When He Sailed The New York Times 15 May 1908 Retrieved 16 May 2018 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Eicher John H and David J Eicher Civil War High Commands Stanford Stanford University Press 2001 ISBN 978 0 8047 3641 1 p 567 a b Officers of Volunteers PDF The New York Times 1898 05 10 Retrieved 2012 03 31 Whittier John Greenleaf 1975 The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier Harvard University Press p 191 ISBN 9780674528307 Retrieved 16 May 2018 a b c d e f g h i Thayer William Roscoe Castle William Richards Howe Mark Antony De Wolfe Pier Arthur Stanwood Voto Bernard Augustine De Morrison Theodore 1909 The Harvard Graduates Magazine Vol 17 Harvard Graduates Magazine Association p 136 Retrieved 16 May 2018 Miller Richard F 2005 Harvard s Civil War A History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry UPNE p 435 ISBN 9781584655053 Retrieved 16 May 2018 McMahon Martin T The Death of General John Sedgwick Retrieved 2012 03 31 Eicher 2001 p 761 230 Beacon Street Archived from the original on 2012 07 23 Retrieved 2012 03 31 Obituary Notes Mrs ELIZABETH C WHITTIER The New York Times January 29 1906 Retrieved 16 May 2018 Social Register New York Social Register Association 1904 p 59 Retrieved 16 May 2018 a b c d Lewis Arnold Turner James McQuillin Steven 2016 The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age All 203 Photographs from Artistic Houses with New Text Courier Corporation p 154 ISBN 9780486319476 Retrieved 16 May 2018 Harvard College 1780 Class of 1860 1880 Report of the Class of 1860 1860 1880 S Angell p 158 Retrieved 16 May 2018 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link PRINCESS IS DEAD WAS SUSAN WHITTIER Wife of Belosselsky Belozersky Member of Old New England Family Ill Ten Years The New York Times 11 December 1934 Retrieved 16 May 2018 AIDE TO LAST CZAR DIES Prince S Belosselsky Belozersky Was Former Cavalry Officer The New York Times 22 April 1951 Retrieved 16 May 2018 Susan Whittier 1874 1934 www nyhistory org New York Historical Society Retrieved 16 May 2018 MARRIED TO A RUSSIAN PRINCE Three Wedding Ceremonies for Miss Whittier of New York The New York Times 24 October 1894 Retrieved 16 May 2018 DRESS OF AN AMERICAN BRIDE IN PARIS Princess Sergius Belosselsky Belozersky s Wedding Gowns and Laces The New York Times 27 November 1894 Retrieved 16 May 2018 SHE IS NOW PRINCESS BELOZERSKY The Two Religions Weddings of Miss Whittier of New York The New York Times 25 October 1894 Retrieved 16 May 2018 a b MRS ERNEST ISELIN HELPED CHARITIES Founder of Generosity Thrift Shop Dies at 69 Was Kin of Massachusetts Whittiers The New York Times 4 March 1946 Retrieved 16 May 2018 Who s Who in New York City and State L R Hamersly Company 1914 p 390 Retrieved 16 May 2018 Broadway Weekly Broadcast Weekly Publishing Company 1904 p 18 Retrieved 16 May 2018 DIED ISELIN Ernest The New York Times January 12 1954 Retrieved 16 May 2018 270 Beacon backbayhouses org Back Bay Houses 6 July 2013 Retrieved 16 May 2018 DIED Whittier The New York Times 15 May 1908 Retrieved 16 May 2018 HOW GEN WHITTIER DIED Heart Disease Say Steamship OfflcialsTale of Scalding In Bath Denied The New York Times 20 May 1908 Retrieved 16 May 2018 Prince Sergei Sergeievich Belosselsky Belozersky www npg org uk National Portrait Gallery London Retrieved 16 May 2018 Adolfo Bezamat Marries Miss Tatiana Belosselsky The New York Times 24 February 1974 Retrieved 16 May 2018 Spieldenner Sharon Kitchings Laura June 2016 Guide to Crane Family Collection 1873 2011 PDF thetrustees access preservica com Archives amp Research Center Retrieved 16 May 2018 Hutto Richard Jay 2005 The Jekyll Island Club Members Indigo Custom Publishing p 40 ISBN 9780977091225 Retrieved 16 May 2018 MRS F C ROBINSON TO WED Will Become the Bride of Serge Belosselsky Belozersky The New York Times 25 November 1943 Retrieved 16 May 2018 EX RUSSIAN PRINCE DIES A Belosselsky Belozemky an Aide of the B B C Was 51 The New York Times 12 April 1961 Retrieved 16 May 2018 LOUISE ISELIN MILLS The New York Times May 28 1982 Retrieved 16 May 2018 External links editCharles A Whittier at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles A Whittier amp oldid 1220755697, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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