Whiting was conscripted into the Confederate army, serving in an unknown capacity, and surrendered at Lynchburg, VA on April 14, 1865.
In 1871, he was a telegraph operator in Petersburg, VA. Whiting graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA On March 1, 1875 and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy as an Assistant Surgeon. On December 17, 1878 he became Passed Assistant Surgeon, and he was promoted to Surgeon on December 15, 1891. Whiting retired due to disability in February 1897, and he died on March 5, 1897. He is buried in Asheville, NC in Riverside Cemetery. The Whiting River and Whiting Point in Alaska were named for him in 1888 while he served on a ship during an exploration voyage.
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