Charles A. Whittier

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.