General Thomas and staff (including General William Denison Whipple) on Lookout Mountain in 1863, Chattanooga, Tennessee (from a War Time Photograph.)

Reading from Left to Right: Gen. J. H. King, Gen. Thomas, Gen. Tower, Gen. Donaldson, Gen. Brannon, Dr. Cooper, Eng. Merrill, Gen. Whipple, Lt. Kelly, Lt. Kellogg.

This William was a fourth cousin three times removed of General William Whipple who signed the Declaration of Independence