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George Sherman Batcheller (July 25, 1837 – July 2, 1908) was an American soldier, politician, diplomat, and jurist.
When George Sherman Batcheller was born on 25 July 1837, in Batchellerville, Edinburg, Saratoga, New York, United States, his father, Sherman Batcheller, was 32 and his mother, Mary Baldwin Noyes, was 31. He married Catharine Phillips Cook on 8 October 1861, in Albany, New York, United States.
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George Sherman Batcheller (1837-1908) was a Civil War soldier and lawyer from Saratoga Springs, New York, who served the bulk of his career as an American judge in the International Tribunal (Mixed Courts) in Egypt. In addition, he was a member of the New York State Assembly, an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, a Minister to Portugal, and a tra...
This collection consists primarily of the personal and professional papers of George Sherman Batcheller as well as a limited amount of papers from his family. The papers document his activities in various legislative, diplomatic, business and judicial posts, including as lieutenant colonel in the Civil War, New York State Inspector General of the V...
Files in this collection are arranged by professional activity, including Civil War officer, New York State Inspector General, New York State Assemblyman, Legal Practice, Judge of the International Tribunal in Egypt, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Minister to Portugal, Insurance Company Trade Representative in Europe, President of the Univers...
A portrait of General George Batcheller is held by the National Portrait Gallery. The Historical Society of Saratoga Springs owns portraits of George Batcheller and Catherine Batcheller, and 1.0 cubic ft. of Batcheller family papers, including personal correspondence of George Batcheller, Catherine Phillips Cook Batcheller and Katherine Batcheller.
George Sherman Batcheller began life on July 25, 1837 in the tiny village of Batchellerville, in the township of Edinburgh, Saratoga County. He was related to Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration of Independence as well as to the great orator and statesman Daniel Webster.
George, who was a lieutenant colonel, wrote two letters to his sister, Helen, relating the story of the ensuing campaign. As a graduate of Harvard and an inexperienced officer leading green troops, he provides a very different perspective. There are also Civil War letters that cover his promotion to provost Marshal.
Gen. George Sherman Batcheller was born in Batchellerville, near Saratoga, N. Y., July 25, 1837. He was the son of Sherman Batcheller, one of the best known residents of Saratoga county and a power in the local politics of the first quarter of the nine-teenth century. Mr. Batcheller gained his preliminary education at the Fort
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George Sherman Batcheller’s Civil War letters to his sister “Impressive in manner, magnetic in person, choice in language, he won all hearts,” were the words used by Dr. Carrey of Bethesda Church to eulogize George S. Batcheller.
