★ ★ Whipple, Amiel W.

Amiel Weeks Whipple​

Born: October 21, 1817

Birthplace: Greenwich, Massachusetts

Father: David Whipple 1783 – 1850

(Buried: West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts)​

Mother: Abigail Brown Pepper 1787 – 1823

(Buried: West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts)​

Wife: Eleanor Mary "Ellen" Sherburne 1824 – 1874

(Buried: Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire)​

Children:

Elizabeth Sherburne Whipple Huntington 1845 – 1922​

(Buried: Wayland Family Cemetery, Heards, Virginia)​

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Charles Sherburne Whipple 1846 – 1848​

(Buried: Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire)​

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Lt. Colonel Charles William Whipple 1846 – 1916​

(Buried: Memorial Cemetery of Saint John's Church, Laurel Hollow, New York)​

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David Whipple 1849 – 1884​

(Buried: Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire)​

Education:

1834 – 1837: Attended Amherst College​

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1841: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (5th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1841: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army 1st​ Artillery​

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1841 – 1851: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Topographical Engineers​

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1841: Assistant Topographical Engineer, Patapsco River Study​

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1841 – 1842: Assist. Topographical Engineer in New Orleans, Louisiana​

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1842 – 1844: Assist. Topographical Engineer, Portsmouth Harbor​

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1844 – 1849: Assistant Astronomer on Northeastern Boundary​

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1849 – 1853: Assistant Astronomer on Mexican Boundary Survey​

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1851 – 1855: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, Topographical Engineers​

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1853 – 1856: Engineer in charge of exploration Route on 35th​ Parallel​

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1855 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, Topographical Engineers​

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1856 – 1861: Lighthouse Engineer of 10th​ Lighthouse District​

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1856 – 1861: Engineer in charge of ship channel over St. Clair Flat​

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1856 – 1861: Engineer of Ship Channel through Lake George​

Civil War Career:

1861: Chief Topographical Engineer for Washington, D.C. Defenses​

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1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​

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1861: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry at First Battle of Bull Run​

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1861 – 1863: Major of United States Topographical Engineers​

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1861 – 1862: Topographical Engineer for McDowell's Division​

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1862: Topographical Engineer for Union Army, 1st​ Army Corps​

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1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​

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1862: Brigade Commander in Washington, D.C. Defenses​

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1862: Division Commander in Washington, D.C. Defenses​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​

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1862: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry at Battle of Fredericksburg​

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1863: Major of United States Army, Engineers​

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1863: Mortally Wounded at Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia​

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1863: Brevetted Brig. General for Gallantry, Battle of Chancellorsville​

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1863: Major General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1863: Brevetted Major General on the day of his death​

Died: May 7, 1863

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: Died from his wounds received at Chancellorsville

Age at time of Death: 46 years old

Burial Place: Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

 

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Briefly before transferring to the topographical engineers Whipple was in the artillery.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Major General Amiel W. Whipple! Salutes remembering General Whipple on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

I was not aware balloons were used that early in the war but one biography of him states that Whipple supposedly made a reconnaissance balloon flight over Confederate lines at 1st Manassas.

 

[Pollaco]

His maps were some of those used on many Virginia Battlefields.

 

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His maps were some of those used on many Virginia Battlefields

 

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Lincoln rode in an open carriage as part of Whipple's funeral procession, this according to Wikipedia.