White enlisted as a private in Co. D of the 3rd VA Infantry on August 1, 1861. He was a corporal at the time of his election to the rank of junior second lieutenant on October 3, 1863. On May 12, 1863, he was promoted to second lieutenant.
He was hospitalized in May of 1862 with an unknown ailment and then again that year in late October and early November. White was wounded slightly and taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg during Pickett's Charge. He was sent to the prison at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, MD and on July 7, 1863 was sent to the prison camp at Fort Delaware, DE. On July 18, 1863, since he was an officer, White was sent to the prison camp at Johnson's Island, OH, where he remained from July 20, 1863 until March 21, 1865, when he was transferred to the prison at Point Lookout, MD. On April 28, 1865, he was sent again to Fort Delaware, where he was released on June 12, 1865 upon taking the oath of allegiance.
After the war, White was a teacher for 47 years in private schools and later in public schools. He was superintendent of the Southampton County public schools from 1905 until his retirement in 1913. White died from Bright's disease on May 2, 1918 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Courtland in Southampton County, VA.
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