Mint Condition, Whipple Boston bm.   He was a 20 year old merchant when he helped recruit and organize a volunteer Company in Brookline in April and May 1861. He was appointed First Lieutenant when they entered service as Company A, First Massachusetts Infantry on 28 May 1861. He was cited by brevet to Major for action at Fair Oaks, VA in June 1862. He joined General Hooker's staff prior to the Maryland Campaign - probably during the Peninsula Campaign of the Summer of 1862. On the CampaignHe was ADC to General Hooker, Federal First Army Corps at Antietam and carried orders under fire on the battlefield. He was later honored by brevet to Lieutenant Colonel for "gallant and meritorious service" there. The rest of the WarHe was commissioned Captain and Aide de Camp, US Volunteers on 10 November 1862 and served on General Hooker's staff until he resigned his commission on 12 May 1863. He was appointed as aide to Massachusetts Governor Andrew, at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, on 10 June 1864, and served to the end of the War. After the WarHe lived in Brookline or nearby for the rest of his life. By 1880 he was treasurer and manager of the Aspinwall Land Company. He was elected President of the Third Corps, Society of the Army of the Potomac in May 1892.