Name William Whistler Parents Anna McNeill Whistler | ||
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Born July 22, 1836
Lowell, Massachusetts ( 1836-07-22 ) Resting place Hastings, East Sussex, England Spouse(s) Ida Bayard King Whistler, Helen Euphrosyne Ionides Whistler Relations James McNeill Whistler (brother)
Anna McNeill Whistler (mother)
George Washington Whistler (father) Alma mater University of Pennsylvania Allegiance Confederate States of America Service/branch Confederate States Army Died February 27, 1900, England, United Kingdom Siblings James Abbott McNeill Whistler Grandparents Daniel McNeil, Martha Kingsley McNeill Similar People James Abbott McNeill, Anna McNeill Whistler, George Washington Whistler, John Whistler, Robert Walter Weir | ||
Great-grandparents Isabella Johnstone | ||
Dr. William McNeill Whistler (July 22, 1836 – February 27, 1900) was a Confederate soldier and surgeon from Lowell, Massachusetts. His parents are George Washington Whistler and Anna McNeill Whistler. His brother is famed artist James McNeill Whistler, who painted Whistler's Mother.
Life
Whistler studied medicine and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1860 and married Ida Bayard King of Virginia that same year.
He served as an assistant surgeon in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War in Orr's Rifles, 1st South Carolina Rifle Regiment, under Colonel James Lawrence Orr. Orr's Rifles were ultimately under the command of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and served in many engagements including the Seven Days, Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines' Mill, Frayser's Farm, Cedar Mountain, Manassas Station Ops, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, Harpers Ferry, Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg Siege, Jerusalem Plank Road, Fussell's Mill, Second Ream's Station, Peebles' Farm, Boydton Plank Road, and Third Petersburg.
Orr's Rifles surrendered at Appomattox Court House, but Dr. Whistler made his way through enemy lines and set sail for England. He arrived in there in 1865 and delivered dispatches from the Confederacy to British allies. Whistler's mother, Anna, and brother, James, were living in England at that time. Dr. Whistler remained in London and founded The London Throat Hospital in 1887. He served as senior physician at the London Throat Hospital and was president of the British Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Association. In April 1877, William married Helen Euphrosyne Ionides (1849-1917). Whistler did not have any children. He died on February 27, 1900, and is buried at Hastings Cemetery and Crematorium, Hastings, East Sussex, England.