Charles Jarvis Whiting (1814-1890) was a United States Army officer who commanded a cavalry regiment, and briefly a brigade, during the American Civil War.

Whiting applied for the United States Military Academy but was initially rejected due to being too short but was later admitted the following year before graduating 4th in the Class of 1835.

But soon returned to the frontlines where he was stationed at the defenses of Washington, D.C. and in the Manassas campaign where he fought in the Battle of Hoke's Run with a squadron in search of a militia regiment.

Where, after an incident that occurred on the fort with Benjamin Butler, Whiting was dismissed on November 5, 1863, for "disloyalty and for using contemptuous and disrespectful words against the President of the United States".

[1][3][2] After his dismissal, Whiting returned to Castine to ponder his future until when in 1866, the United States Army was again looking for experienced officers for the Western Frontier and Andrew Johnson reinstated his rank of Major of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment.