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Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts , Butler was a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War and had a leadership role in ...
General Order No. 28 was a military decree made by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler during the American Civil War. [1] Following the Battle of New Orleans , Butler established himself as military commander of that city on May 1, 1862.
Benjamin Butler (born April 20, 1975) is an American artist, based in Vienna, Austria. Biography. Born in Westmoreland, Kansas and raised in Wamego, Kansas, Butler ...
Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler, Military Governor of New Orleans under Union occupation Statue of Andrew Jackson in New Orleans, Louisiana. At high resolution, Butler's inscription can be observed. On May 1, 1862, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler occupied the city of New Orleans with an army of 5,000, facing no resistance. Butler was a former ...
Benjamin Franklin Butler (December 17, 1795 – November 8, 1858) was a lawyer from the state of New York.A professional and political ally of Martin Van Buren, among the many elective and appointive positions he held were Attorney General of the United States and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
The Commander of Fort Monroe, Major General Benjamin Butler, refused to return Baker, Malloy, and Townsend to their owners' agent who requested their return. Prior to the War, the owners of the slaves would have been legally entitled to request their return (as property) under the federal 1850 Fugitive Slave Act.
The Bermuda Hundred campaign was a series of battles fought at the town of Bermuda Hundred, outside Richmond, Virginia, during May 1864 in the American Civil War. Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler, commanding the Army of the James, threatened Richmond from the east but was stopped by forces under Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard.
The company was founded in 1869 by American Civil War general Benjamin Butler. Company startup was during the most rapid evolution of cartridge design to date. [ 1 ] Lowell, Massachusetts emerged as one of the most successful cartridge producers in the United States while Butler served as a congressman from Massachusetts from 1867 to 1879 and ...