Offered here is a “Certificate of Service, United States Navy” from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Printed form, completed in ink, dated 1897, for Marcus M. Whipple. The form has one fold and appears to have been trimmed.

There is an accompanying photo of Whipple in uniform. The photo is a trimmed, second-generation image. The are remnants of service details written on the back in ink, much of which was trimmed.

Marcus enlisted 8/30/1862 for one year as a Landsman. He served aboard the “Ohio” and the “Colorado” being discharged as 2nd Class Fireman on 2/10/1864.

The “Ohio” was an old (1820) ship retired to Boston by the Civil War and used as a “receiving ship”. The “Colorado” (1857) sailed from Boston in 1861 to join the Union Navy's Gulf Blockading Squadron. In April 1862, Colorado, built for fighting at sea, was prevented from participating in the Battle of New Orleans because her draft was too deep to cross the bar. Nineteen guns and one howitzer were removed and distributed across the fleet. She returned to Boston, on 21 June, and was decommissioned from 28 June-10 November. Colorado sailed from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 9 December, to rejoin the blockading force off Mobile, Alabama, on 13 March 1863. She shared in the capture of the schooner Hunter on 17 May. Returning to Portsmouth Navy Yard, on 4 February 1864, where Whipple was discharged

Marcus Morton Whipple was born in Boston on 8/27/1840. Died in 1931 and is buried Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Massachusetts. [jet] [ph:L]

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