From "History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers: The Corn Exchange Regiment."
"White was a handsome, soldiery young man of scarce twenty summers. A native of Warrenton, Virginia, at the breaking out of the war, he was a young lieutenant in the Black Horse Cavalry, a command subsequently famous in all the campaigns of Virginia.
"Differing in sentiments among his friends and his family, sacrificing the ties of home and friendship, he was determined to defend his convictions with his sword. Firm in his belief that the unrighteous attempt to disrupt the Government should be suppressed, imbued with the purest and highest patriotism, he sought service in the Union army. (Even though a native of Virginia and with all his family and friends siding with the Confederacy, he determined to go with his country.)
"Instinctively a soldier by principle, his sad and early death interrupted a career that promised the brightest prospects. His short service had secured him the confidence of his superiors and respect of the soldiers."
A Loss. --Old Secesh
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