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Stephen Girard Whipple
Stephen Girard Whipple (November 5, 1823 - October 21, 1895)〔(Stephen Girard Whipple ), Find-a-Grave profile; accessed June 18, 2015.〕 was a 49er, newspaper editor, politician, and a Union officer commanding an all-volunteer "Battalion of Mountaineers" and the Humboldt Military District in the Bald Hills War against the Indians in northwest California, during the American Civil War. After the Civil War he was an officer in the U. S. Army serving in the Apache Wars and in the Nez Perce War and at various frontier posts.
==Early Life in Northwest California==
Stephen Girard Whipple, was born on November 15, 1823 in Williston, Vermont. He went to California during the 1849 Gold Rush and entered state politics. He served as a member of the California State Assembly for the 12th District in 1854-55 and 1857-58. He was involved in the California State Militia and was one of several influential men that wrote the Governor of California to establish a volunteer company called the Citizens of Crescent City in 1856 to defend Crescent City against attack by Indians of Klamath County.〔( The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Whipple )〕〔( The California State Military Museum; California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories, Citizens of Crescent City )〕 He was also editor of the ''Northern Californian'', one of two newspapers on the Humboldt Bay. While Whipple was away on business, Bret Harte who worked for Whipple's paper, wrote against the killers of the Indian Island Massacre (in opposition to Whipple's views) and soon left the area due to the threats against his life.
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