Fort Whipple (1863-1865) - A Union U.S. Civil War Fort first established in 1863 in present day Arlington County, Virginia. Named Fort Whipple after Major General Amiel W. Whipple, who died 7 May 1865 of wounds received at Chancellorsville. The fort was abandoned in 1865 at the end of the war but was later reestablished and became Fort Myer.
Photograph of Fort Whipple by William Morris Smith (Library of Congress)
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