Elijah Viers "Lige" White (August 29, 1832 – January 11, 1907) was commander of the partisan 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

In 1857, he bought the 355-acre (1.44 km2) Ball farm across the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the vicinity of the Big Spring north of Leesburg.

[1][2][citation needed] At the outbreak of the Civil War, White enlisted in Captain Daniel T. Shreve's Loudoun Cavalry, where he quickly rose to the rank of corporal.

His service with the unit was short, and in June 1861 he joined Company C in Lieutenant Colonel Turner Ashby's 7th Virginia Cavalry.

In December 1861, White established recruiting offices for his command in Leesburg, and by January 11 he had raised enough men to have an active unit in the army.

[citation needed] The 35th Battalion was one of the first Confederate units to arrive in Gettysburg,[3] chasing off Pennsylvania militia on June 26, 1863, during an expedition to the Susquehanna River.

Following the Battle of High Bridge on April 6, 1865, in which General James Dearing was fatally wounded, White was placed in command of that brigade.