White entered R-MC under the military curriculum in place in 1862. He was the son of Major William White of the 14th VA Infantry (later lieutenant colonel and then colonel of the regiment), and entered VMI as a member of the class of 1867 after Randolph-Macon closed for the duration of the war in early 1863. He served in Co. A of VMI's Corps of Cadets and fought at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 just a month after his seventeenth birthday.
After the war, White became a lawyer in Norfolk, VA. He served as president of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac Railroad from 1907-1920, residing in Richmond, VA. White died on August 5, 1920 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.
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