Whipple, Amiel Weeks

Life Span
to
Full name
Amiel Weeks Whipple
Place of Birth
Greenwich, MA
Burial Place
Portsmouth, NH
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Family
David Whipple (father), Abigail Pepper Whipple (mother)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Other
Other Education
Amherst College
Occupation
Military
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
- The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
War Department renames the forts defending Washington DC to honor senior officers killed in the war
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