Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Alexander Whitman 
BirthMay 1822
Death6 May 1865
BurialGreenlawn Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia
Spouses
Birth10 May 1816, Rowan County, NC
Death13 Jun 1905, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
BurialGreen Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia
FatherMichael Brown (1779-1845)
MotherJane Morgan Phillips
Marriage8 Aug 1844
Notes for John Alexander Whitman
Company K, 57th NC Infantry, CSA
John Alexander Whitman was captured at Farmville, Virginia, and sent to the United States Military Prison at Newport News where he died on May 6, 1865, from "chronic dysentery".
The remains of many soldiers who died in the POW camp were later re-interred at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
John Alexander Whitman was captured at Farmville, Virginia, and sent to the United States Military Prison at Newport News where he died on May 6, 1865, from "chronic dysentery".
The remains of many soldiers who died in the POW camp were later re-interred at Greenlawn Memorial Park.