Charles Albert Whittier was an American Civil War Union brevet brigadier general. He was a native of Massachusetts and a relative of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. As a major, he was one of the officers who witnessed the death of Major General John Sedgwick. He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general on April 9, 1865.
During the Spanish-American War, he accompanied General Wesley Merritt to the Philippines.
His eldest daughter married Prince Beloselsky of Russia.
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