CHARLES WILLIAM WHIPPLE.
Died October 18, 1916, at Summit, New Jersey, aged 70.
Military Service: Entering the Third Artillery in 1868, he served some two years on the sea coast, during which he went through a memorable epidemic of yellow fever at Key West. This cost the lives of one-third of the command. He served one more in the interior, being associated with the beginning of the Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Kansas; one year at the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe; another in Drawing at West Point, a year and a half on the Wheeler Survey. In 1875 he was transferred to the Ordnance Department and soon after sent to the Centennial Exhibition for a year. He later spent nearly two years on the Columbian Exhibition of 1893. His Ordnance stations were: For over five years as Inspector at the West Point Foundry, for four years on the Ordnance Board, for over three years in the Ordnance Office, for nearly three years at the National Armory, Springfield, and as Chief Ordnance Officer at Leavenworth and later in the Philippine Islands, whence he returned to be retired in 1901, for disability in the line of duty.
Personal History: He was born September 28, 1846, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in a house built in 1718 by one of his mother's ancestors. The house contained many relics attesting its high degree and on it was a lightning rod placed there by Franklin.
His father was Amiel Weeks Whipple (19694) of the Class of 1841. As an officer of the Topographical Engineers, Amiel delimited the south western boundary of the United States, established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Until the next war, Amiel's was the lot of many a young officer engaged in explorations of the western wilderness contested by the Indian tribes. In the next war, he was one of the first to use the balloon for mapping another Wilderness nearer home. Amiel rose steadily in command until he commanded the Third Division of the Third Corps. He fell under the fire of a sharpshooter at the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 4, 1863. As he lay dying Amiel was made Major-General in the Regular Army for gallantry during the whole war. Major Whipple's mother, the former Miss Eleanor Mary Sherburne (163892947), came of the best stock of the Colonial Governors of New England.
As a lad, in Washington, when Charles's father had command of its defenses, he met many important men, among others Lincoln, whom he knew as well as a boy might do. He also shared the dangers of his father's calling, going up in balloons and carrying orders under fire. Through Mr. Lincoln in 1864, Charles obtained his cadet appointment.
On April 3, 1877, he was married to Miss Josephine Katherine Jones, a granddaughter of Admiral Theodorus Bailey, United States Navy, veteran of two wars.
Whipple was buried at Massapequa, Long Island, from a home that had been in the family of his wife since it was bought from the Indians. He is survived by his widow, three sons, one of whom is Sherburne Whipple, Class of 1904, and two daughters.
Characteristics: As a Cadet, "Billy" was light-hearted and rather faithful than diligent in his studies. He was popular because of his accomplishments in drawing and in music, both matters of taste. He gained early fame by illustrating a doggerel poem by Richard H. Savage, on the love affairs of one Frank Davenport, an imaginary cadet. This fame was justified by his selection of the motto "Cor unum viae diversae" for our class ring, and, if I mistake not, his design of the ring itself. It is also evident that his were many of the drawings in the West Point Scrap Book (General O. E. Wood, 1871), accompanying some hurdy-gurdy poetry by General Horace Porter called "Cadet Life at West Point." These remind one of Cruikshank, and indeed of Whipple himself, for the anatomy of all his figures is attenuated, as was his own. He played acceptably on the guitar, and was often called on for a morbid chant relating the sorrows of "Mary of the Wild Moor." He paid the price of popularity by a loss of class standing, but he always stood among those distinguished for a gallant, confident and courtly bearing, as kind as it was correct.
In an acquaintance of nearly fifty years as officers, there was but one year when we were intimate, and that was forty years ago. So that in seeking those impressions of conduct that reveal his character I find many mists and blurs.
However, one trait is clear: between obligation and inclination he discriminated as if by instinct. His nicety of touch in micrometric measurement illustrated, by a dainty gesture that was his own, a fastidious habit of the mind. His standards were very high; but, though he did not care for men to whom they did not matter, he found no fault, but like the unsullied ermine, went his silent way. Active in earning, and generous in giving praise, he indulged his ambition by lavishing service at the shrine of his duty. Our year together at the Centennial was not all pleasure. Not only for the Government's share of the show did we organize and administer a great and novel enterprise amidst the turmoil of a mob, for exhibitors whose importance was not easy to satisfy; but for the Ordnance Department we had to select, place and arrange our own exhibits; to catalogue them for a guide book, and, when this was done, we chose to make an illustrated report on all matters exhibited that might be of value to the Ordnance Department. To do this work we were well and strong, and he had taste. Per contra, we were inexperienced and presumably inconsiderate; we had been classmates and were roommates; Whipple was my senior in years and my junior in command. The risk of discord and failure must have been great. Yet, whatever his provocations, he was not only loyal but zealous. No ripple marred our intercourse, and, when our job was done, like a watch that was passed in the night, we forgot it.
-“Forty-Eighth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 12, 1917
The UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library contains "Charles William Whipple papers, 1874-1888 (bulk 1874-1878)", record books from Lieutenant Whipple's work with The Wheeler Survey, a survey of a portion of the United States lying west of the 100th meridian. It was comprised of multiple expeditions and supervised by First Lieutenant (later Captain) George Montague Wheeler.
The published work includes three manuscript diaries, one typographical record book (Book No. 194, 1875) of pencil sketches and maps pertaining to the area just north of Los Angeles, and one aneroid readings book (Book No. 10, 1874-1878). Diaries contain dated reports from various survey camps. The aneroid readings book includes detailed entries from both the Wheeler Survey and later entries by Whipple, November 2, 1887 to January 5, 1888, for Lieutenant Edward W. Casey's expedition to the Grand Canyon.
Died October 18, 1916, at Summit, New Jersey, aged 70.
Military Service: Entering the Third Artillery in 1868, he served some two years on the sea coast, during which he went through a memorable epidemic of yellow fever at Key West. This cost the lives of one-third of the command. He served one more in the interior, being associated with the beginning of the Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Kansas; one year at the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe; another in Drawing at West Point, a year and a half on the Wheeler Survey. In 1875 he was transferred to the Ordnance Department and soon after sent to the Centennial Exhibition for a year. He later spent nearly two years on the Columbian Exhibition of 1893. His Ordnance stations were: For over five years as Inspector at the West Point Foundry, for four years on the Ordnance Board, for over three years in the Ordnance Office, for nearly three years at the National Armory, Springfield, and as Chief Ordnance Officer at Leavenworth and later in the Philippine Islands, whence he returned to be retired in 1901, for disability in the line of duty.
Personal History: He was born September 28, 1846, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in a house built in 1718 by one of his mother's ancestors. The house contained many relics attesting its high degree and on it was a lightning rod placed there by Franklin.
His father was Amiel Weeks Whipple (19694) of the Class of 1841. As an officer of the Topographical Engineers, Amiel delimited the south western boundary of the United States, established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Until the next war, Amiel's was the lot of many a young officer engaged in explorations of the western wilderness contested by the Indian tribes. In the next war, he was one of the first to use the balloon for mapping another Wilderness nearer home. Amiel rose steadily in command until he commanded the Third Division of the Third Corps. He fell under the fire of a sharpshooter at the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 4, 1863. As he lay dying Amiel was made Major-General in the Regular Army for gallantry during the whole war. Major Whipple's mother, the former Miss Eleanor Mary Sherburne (163892947), came of the best stock of the Colonial Governors of New England.
As a lad, in Washington, when Charles's father had command of its defenses, he met many important men, among others Lincoln, whom he knew as well as a boy might do. He also shared the dangers of his father's calling, going up in balloons and carrying orders under fire. Through Mr. Lincoln in 1864, Charles obtained his cadet appointment.
On April 3, 1877, he was married to Miss Josephine Katherine Jones, a granddaughter of Admiral Theodorus Bailey, United States Navy, veteran of two wars.
Whipple was buried at Massapequa, Long Island, from a home that had been in the family of his wife since it was bought from the Indians. He is survived by his widow, three sons, one of whom is Sherburne Whipple, Class of 1904, and two daughters.
Characteristics: As a Cadet, "Billy" was light-hearted and rather faithful than diligent in his studies. He was popular because of his accomplishments in drawing and in music, both matters of taste. He gained early fame by illustrating a doggerel poem by Richard H. Savage, on the love affairs of one Frank Davenport, an imaginary cadet. This fame was justified by his selection of the motto "Cor unum viae diversae" for our class ring, and, if I mistake not, his design of the ring itself. It is also evident that his were many of the drawings in the West Point Scrap Book (General O. E. Wood, 1871), accompanying some hurdy-gurdy poetry by General Horace Porter called "Cadet Life at West Point." These remind one of Cruikshank, and indeed of Whipple himself, for the anatomy of all his figures is attenuated, as was his own. He played acceptably on the guitar, and was often called on for a morbid chant relating the sorrows of "Mary of the Wild Moor." He paid the price of popularity by a loss of class standing, but he always stood among those distinguished for a gallant, confident and courtly bearing, as kind as it was correct.
In an acquaintance of nearly fifty years as officers, there was but one year when we were intimate, and that was forty years ago. So that in seeking those impressions of conduct that reveal his character I find many mists and blurs.
However, one trait is clear: between obligation and inclination he discriminated as if by instinct. His nicety of touch in micrometric measurement illustrated, by a dainty gesture that was his own, a fastidious habit of the mind. His standards were very high; but, though he did not care for men to whom they did not matter, he found no fault, but like the unsullied ermine, went his silent way. Active in earning, and generous in giving praise, he indulged his ambition by lavishing service at the shrine of his duty. Our year together at the Centennial was not all pleasure. Not only for the Government's share of the show did we organize and administer a great and novel enterprise amidst the turmoil of a mob, for exhibitors whose importance was not easy to satisfy; but for the Ordnance Department we had to select, place and arrange our own exhibits; to catalogue them for a guide book, and, when this was done, we chose to make an illustrated report on all matters exhibited that might be of value to the Ordnance Department. To do this work we were well and strong, and he had taste. Per contra, we were inexperienced and presumably inconsiderate; we had been classmates and were roommates; Whipple was my senior in years and my junior in command. The risk of discord and failure must have been great. Yet, whatever his provocations, he was not only loyal but zealous. No ripple marred our intercourse, and, when our job was done, like a watch that was passed in the night, we forgot it.
-“Forty-Eighth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 12, 1917
The UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library contains "Charles William Whipple papers, 1874-1888 (bulk 1874-1878)", record books from Lieutenant Whipple's work with The Wheeler Survey, a survey of a portion of the United States lying west of the 100th meridian. It was comprised of multiple expeditions and supervised by First Lieutenant (later Captain) George Montague Wheeler.
The published work includes three manuscript diaries, one typographical record book (Book No. 194, 1875) of pencil sketches and maps pertaining to the area just north of Los Angeles, and one aneroid readings book (Book No. 10, 1874-1878). Diaries contain dated reports from various survey camps. The aneroid readings book includes detailed entries from both the Wheeler Survey and later entries by Whipple, November 2, 1887 to January 5, 1888, for Lieutenant Edward W. Casey's expedition to the Grand Canyon.
CHARLES WILLIAM WHIPPLE.
Died October 18, 1916, at Summit, New Jersey, aged 70.
Military Service: Entering the Third Artillery in 1868, he served some two years on the sea coast, during which he went through a memorable epidemic of yellow fever at Key West. This cost the lives of one-third of the command. He served one more in the interior, being associated with the beginning of the Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Kansas; one year at the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe; another in Drawing at West Point, a year and a half on the Wheeler Survey. In 1875 he was transferred to the Ordnance Department and soon after sent to the Centennial Exhibition for a year. He later spent nearly two years on the Columbian Exhibition of 1893. His Ordnance stations were: For over five years as Inspector at the West Point Foundry, for four years on the Ordnance Board, for over three years in the Ordnance Office, for nearly three years at the National Armory, Springfield, and as Chief Ordnance Officer at Leavenworth and later in the Philippine Islands, whence he returned to be retired in 1901, for disability in the line of duty.
Personal History: He was born September 28, 1846, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in a house built in 1718 by one of his mother's ancestors. The house contained many relics attesting its high degree and on it was a lightning rod placed there by Franklin.
His father was Amiel Weeks Whipple (19694) of the Class of 1841. As an officer of the Topographical Engineers, Amiel delimited the south western boundary of the United States, established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Until the next war, Amiel's was the lot of many a young officer engaged in explorations of the western wilderness contested by the Indian tribes. In the next war, he was one of the first to use the balloon for mapping another Wilderness nearer home. Amiel rose steadily in command until he commanded the Third Division of the Third Corps. He fell under the fire of a sharpshooter at the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 4, 1863. As he lay dying Amiel was made Major-General in the Regular Army for gallantry during the whole war. Major Whipple's mother, the former Miss Eleanor Mary Sherburne (163892947), came of the best stock of the Colonial Governors of New England.
As a lad, in Washington, when Charles's father had command of its defenses, he met many important men, among others Lincoln, whom he knew as well as a boy might do. He also shared the dangers of his father's calling, going up in balloons and carrying orders under fire. Through Mr. Lincoln in 1864, Charles obtained his cadet appointment.
On April 3, 1877, he was married to Miss Josephine Katherine Jones, a granddaughter of Admiral Theodorus Bailey, United States Navy, veteran of two wars.
Whipple was buried at Massapequa, Long Island, from a home that had been in the family of his wife since it was bought from the Indians. He is survived by his widow, three sons, one of whom is Sherburne Whipple, Class of 1904, and two daughters.
Characteristics: As a Cadet, "Billy" was light-hearted and rather faithful than diligent in his studies. He was popular because of his accomplishments in drawing and in music, both matters of taste. He gained early fame by illustrating a doggerel poem by Richard H. Savage, on the love affairs of one Frank Davenport, an imaginary cadet. This fame was justified by his selection of the motto "Cor unum viae diversae" for our class ring, and, if I mistake not, his design of the ring itself. It is also evident that his were many of the drawings in the West Point Scrap Book (General O. E. Wood, 1871), accompanying some hurdy-gurdy poetry by General Horace Porter called "Cadet Life at West Point." These remind one of Cruikshank, and indeed of Whipple himself, for the anatomy of all his figures is attenuated, as was his own. He played acceptably on the guitar, and was often called on for a morbid chant relating the sorrows of "Mary of the Wild Moor." He paid the price of popularity by a loss of class standing, but he always stood among those distinguished for a gallant, confident and courtly bearing, as kind as it was correct.
In an acquaintance of nearly fifty years as officers, there was but one year when we were intimate, and that was forty years ago. So that in seeking those impressions of conduct that reveal his character I find many mists and blurs.
However, one trait is clear: between obligation and inclination he discriminated as if by instinct. His nicety of touch in micrometric measurement illustrated, by a dainty gesture that was his own, a fastidious habit of the mind. His standards were very high; but, though he did not care for men to whom they did not matter, he found no fault, but like the unsullied ermine, went his silent way. Active in earning, and generous in giving praise, he indulged his ambition by lavishing service at the shrine of his duty. Our year together at the Centennial was not all pleasure. Not only for the Government's share of the show did we organize and administer a great and novel enterprise amidst the turmoil of a mob, for exhibitors whose importance was not easy to satisfy; but for the Ordnance Department we had to select, place and arrange our own exhibits; to catalogue them for a guide book, and, when this was done, we chose to make an illustrated report on all matters exhibited that might be of value to the Ordnance Department. To do this work we were well and strong, and he had taste. Per contra, we were inexperienced and presumably inconsiderate; we had been classmates and were roommates; Whipple was my senior in years and my junior in command. The risk of discord and failure must have been great. Yet, whatever his provocations, he was not only loyal but zealous. No ripple marred our intercourse, and, when our job was done, like a watch that was passed in the night, we forgot it.
-“Forty-Eighth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 12, 1917
The UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library contains "Charles William Whipple papers, 1874-1888 (bulk 1874-1878)", record books from Lieutenant Whipple's work with The Wheeler Survey, a survey of a portion of the United States lying west of the 100th meridian. It was comprised of multiple expeditions and supervised by First Lieutenant (later Captain) George Montague Wheeler.
The published work includes three manuscript diaries, one typographical record book (Book No. 194, 1875) of pencil sketches and maps pertaining to the area just north of Los Angeles, and one aneroid readings book (Book No. 10, 1874-1878). Diaries contain dated reports from various survey camps. The aneroid readings book includes detailed entries from both the Wheeler Survey and later entries by Whipple, November 2, 1887 to January 5, 1888, for Lieutenant Edward W. Casey's expedition to the Grand Canyon.
Died October 18, 1916, at Summit, New Jersey, aged 70.
Military Service: Entering the Third Artillery in 1868, he served some two years on the sea coast, during which he went through a memorable epidemic of yellow fever at Key West. This cost the lives of one-third of the command. He served one more in the interior, being associated with the beginning of the Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Kansas; one year at the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe; another in Drawing at West Point, a year and a half on the Wheeler Survey. In 1875 he was transferred to the Ordnance Department and soon after sent to the Centennial Exhibition for a year. He later spent nearly two years on the Columbian Exhibition of 1893. His Ordnance stations were: For over five years as Inspector at the West Point Foundry, for four years on the Ordnance Board, for over three years in the Ordnance Office, for nearly three years at the National Armory, Springfield, and as Chief Ordnance Officer at Leavenworth and later in the Philippine Islands, whence he returned to be retired in 1901, for disability in the line of duty.
Personal History: He was born September 28, 1846, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in a house built in 1718 by one of his mother's ancestors. The house contained many relics attesting its high degree and on it was a lightning rod placed there by Franklin.
His father was Amiel Weeks Whipple (19694) of the Class of 1841. As an officer of the Topographical Engineers, Amiel delimited the south western boundary of the United States, established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Until the next war, Amiel's was the lot of many a young officer engaged in explorations of the western wilderness contested by the Indian tribes. In the next war, he was one of the first to use the balloon for mapping another Wilderness nearer home. Amiel rose steadily in command until he commanded the Third Division of the Third Corps. He fell under the fire of a sharpshooter at the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 4, 1863. As he lay dying Amiel was made Major-General in the Regular Army for gallantry during the whole war. Major Whipple's mother, the former Miss Eleanor Mary Sherburne (163892947), came of the best stock of the Colonial Governors of New England.
As a lad, in Washington, when Charles's father had command of its defenses, he met many important men, among others Lincoln, whom he knew as well as a boy might do. He also shared the dangers of his father's calling, going up in balloons and carrying orders under fire. Through Mr. Lincoln in 1864, Charles obtained his cadet appointment.
On April 3, 1877, he was married to Miss Josephine Katherine Jones, a granddaughter of Admiral Theodorus Bailey, United States Navy, veteran of two wars.
Whipple was buried at Massapequa, Long Island, from a home that had been in the family of his wife since it was bought from the Indians. He is survived by his widow, three sons, one of whom is Sherburne Whipple, Class of 1904, and two daughters.
Characteristics: As a Cadet, "Billy" was light-hearted and rather faithful than diligent in his studies. He was popular because of his accomplishments in drawing and in music, both matters of taste. He gained early fame by illustrating a doggerel poem by Richard H. Savage, on the love affairs of one Frank Davenport, an imaginary cadet. This fame was justified by his selection of the motto "Cor unum viae diversae" for our class ring, and, if I mistake not, his design of the ring itself. It is also evident that his were many of the drawings in the West Point Scrap Book (General O. E. Wood, 1871), accompanying some hurdy-gurdy poetry by General Horace Porter called "Cadet Life at West Point." These remind one of Cruikshank, and indeed of Whipple himself, for the anatomy of all his figures is attenuated, as was his own. He played acceptably on the guitar, and was often called on for a morbid chant relating the sorrows of "Mary of the Wild Moor." He paid the price of popularity by a loss of class standing, but he always stood among those distinguished for a gallant, confident and courtly bearing, as kind as it was correct.
In an acquaintance of nearly fifty years as officers, there was but one year when we were intimate, and that was forty years ago. So that in seeking those impressions of conduct that reveal his character I find many mists and blurs.
However, one trait is clear: between obligation and inclination he discriminated as if by instinct. His nicety of touch in micrometric measurement illustrated, by a dainty gesture that was his own, a fastidious habit of the mind. His standards were very high; but, though he did not care for men to whom they did not matter, he found no fault, but like the unsullied ermine, went his silent way. Active in earning, and generous in giving praise, he indulged his ambition by lavishing service at the shrine of his duty. Our year together at the Centennial was not all pleasure. Not only for the Government's share of the show did we organize and administer a great and novel enterprise amidst the turmoil of a mob, for exhibitors whose importance was not easy to satisfy; but for the Ordnance Department we had to select, place and arrange our own exhibits; to catalogue them for a guide book, and, when this was done, we chose to make an illustrated report on all matters exhibited that might be of value to the Ordnance Department. To do this work we were well and strong, and he had taste. Per contra, we were inexperienced and presumably inconsiderate; we had been classmates and were roommates; Whipple was my senior in years and my junior in command. The risk of discord and failure must have been great. Yet, whatever his provocations, he was not only loyal but zealous. No ripple marred our intercourse, and, when our job was done, like a watch that was passed in the night, we forgot it.
-“Forty-Eighth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 12, 1917
The UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library contains "Charles William Whipple papers, 1874-1888 (bulk 1874-1878)", record books from Lieutenant Whipple's work with The Wheeler Survey, a survey of a portion of the United States lying west of the 100th meridian. It was comprised of multiple expeditions and supervised by First Lieutenant (later Captain) George Montague Wheeler.
The published work includes three manuscript diaries, one typographical record book (Book No. 194, 1875) of pencil sketches and maps pertaining to the area just north of Los Angeles, and one aneroid readings book (Book No. 10, 1874-1878). Diaries contain dated reports from various survey camps. The aneroid readings book includes detailed entries from both the Wheeler Survey and later entries by Whipple, November 2, 1887 to January 5, 1888, for Lieutenant Edward W. Casey's expedition to the Grand Canyon.
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Major of Ordnance U.S. Army Lieut. Col. of Volunteers 1898-1899; Son of Amiel Weeks Whipple and Eleanor Mary Sherburne. Born in Portsmouth, N.H.
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