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Sep 17, 2022 · Lawyer and U.S. Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler . Francis D'Avignon. Not to be confused with Benjamin Franklin Butler, the Civil War General, the attorney was born in Kinderhook Landing, NY on December 17, 1795. His father, Medad Butler, was a tavern owner only a few miles from the Van Buren tavern.
Butler, Benjamin F. Butler, Benjamin F. (1818–1893), Civil War general and politician.A prominent Democratic lawyer in Lowell, Massachusetts, militia Brigadier General Butler was given command of the state's troops in 1861 in order to rally Democrats to the Union cause. After relieving Washington by way of Annapolis, he secured Baltimore, was ...
Benjamin F. Butler (1818–1893) Union general Benjamin Franklin Butler was something of a novelty. An arch Democrat fighting a Republican war, Butler was a politician in military garb.
Benjamin Butler was an American politician who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts. Butler was a lawyer who represented the city of Boston in the Massachusetts legislature before the war. He was a staunch opponent of...
Mar 7, 2012 · Benjamin Franklin Butler, a successful Massachusetts attorney turned state legislator, was one of several Civil War generals who gained their commands through political appointments. From the start, he was a man of contradictions.
Benjamin F. Butler (1818-93) was a Massachusetts politician and Union army general in the American Civil War. Appointed an officer largely for political reasons, he had a mixed record as a military commander. He earned an important place in history, however, for his actions during the war toward the people and territory of the South. In 1861, while serving as commander of Fort Monroe, Virginia, he made the decision, on his own authority, not to return to the Confederacy slaves fleeing into ...
May 15, 2023 · Benjamin Franklin Butler was born on November 5, 1818, to John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler in Deerfield, New Hampshire. The elder Butler served under Gen. Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans and died around the time of Benjamin’s birth. As a child, Butler was unhealthy and disfigured by a drooping eyelid and severe strabismus.
