He had reached his mid-40s when he enlisted as a private in Col. Jeremiah Moulton's Third Massachusetts Regiment. Whittemore participated in the capture of the French fortress at Louisbourg in 1745. During the conflict, he captured an ornate sword from a French officer.
I don't believe that he actually went to school. I did a bit of research and all it says was that he just has some education but it doesn't state exactly where.
