The Ghost of General Whiting

A CAPE FEAR UNEARTHED HALLOWEEN, EP. 4 Major General William H. C. Whiting’s legacy is eternally tied to the rise and fall of Fort Fisher during the Civil War. But when he died in New York as a prisoner of the Union, Whiting was hundreds of miles from his adopted home in Wilmington. Still, legend says that even death didn’t stop him from making his return to Fort Fisher to become its eternal watcher. Whiting’s life and afterlife are the subject of this week’s episode of the Cape Fear Unearthed local history podcast. Cape Fear Unearthed is written, edited and hosted by Hunter Ingram. Additional editing by Adam Fish. The show is sponsored by Northchase Family Dentistry and Tidewater Heating & Air Conditioning. Sources: -- "The Wilmington Campaign: Last Rays of Departing Hope," by Chris E. Fonvielle Jr. -- "North Carolina Ghosts & Legends," by Nancy Roberts -- "Haunted Wilmington," by Brooke Newton Priek -- "Stories Old and New of the Cape Fear Region," by Louis T. Moore -- "Faces of Fort Fisher 1861–1864," by Chris E. Fonvielle Jr.