biografia di John Henry Ellsworth WHITNEY (1840-1891)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: Brooklyn, until 1870; Chappaqua, NY, 1870 and after

Profession: Wood engraver

Comments: He was a younger brother of Elias James Whitney (see entry). He enlisted in the Union Army in 1861, was wounded at Antietam, and was mustered out in 1863. Auth.: The Hawkins Zouaves (Ninth N.Y.V.): Their Battles and Marches.

Sources: G&W; Phoenix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut, I, 866; Smith; Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 457.