. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . io,Texas, to April, 1879; at Fort Brown, Texas, to Novem-ber, 1 881 ; at Fort Hays, Kansas, to July, 18X3 ; at FortLeavenworth, Kansas, instructor infantry tactics, Schoolof Infantry and Cavalry, until May, 1885; at Fort Assin-niboine, Montana, until August, 1886; at Camp PoplarRiver, Montana, from 1886 to present time. [892. He was promoted major October 14, 1891, and as-signed to the Twentieth Infantry. He was honorably mentioned in the Records of Re-bellion, in report on battle of Shiloh, vol. x., part i., ; captur
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . io,Texas, to April, 1879; at Fort Brown, Texas, to Novem-ber, 1 881 ; at Fort Hays, Kansas, to July, 18X3 ; at FortLeavenworth, Kansas, instructor infantry tactics, Schoolof Infantry and Cavalry, until May, 1885; at Fort Assin-niboine, Montana, until August, 1886; at Camp PoplarRiver, Montana, from 1886 to present time. [892. He was promoted major October 14, 1891, and as-signed to the Twentieth Infantry. He was honorably mentioned in the Records of Re-bellion, in report on battle of Shiloh, vol. x., part i., ; capture of Vicksburg, vol. xxiv., part i., p. 649, asfar as published; for services in suppressing Fenian raidand capture of raiders on the Province of Manitoba,October, 1871 ; received the thanks, officially, of Major-*General W. S. Hancock, commander Department ofDakota, and of the British government, conveyed by theBritish Minister at Washington, through the Secretaryof War, also thanks of the lieutenant-governor ofManitoba. 57 45o OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY regular). MAJOR AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL AMIELWEEKS WHIPPLE, (deceased). Major and Brevet Major-General Amiel WeeksWhipple was born in Greenwich, Massachusetts, in parents were of English origin, his father being adescendant of Matthew Whipple, who received a grant ofland in Ipswich in 1638, and his mother, Abigail Pepper,a descendant of an equally old New England family. liestudied at Amherst College, but left before graduation toenter the U. S. Military Academy. In spite of ill health,which necessitated absence from West Point during partsof the scholastic course, he graduated, in 1841, numberfive in a class of fifty-two members. lie was assigned to the First Artillery, but shortly afterjoining his regiment was transferred to the TopographicalEngineers. He was at once assigned to duty in connec-tion with the hydrographic survey of the Patapsco River,and from that date until 1856 was continuously employedo
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