Benjamin Franklin Butler
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Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. S. president Andrew Johnson. S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882.
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Portrait of Butler with his dog c. 1845-1847
Engraving depicting the Baltimore riot of 1861
Map of Fort Monroe, 1862
Contemporary drawing of military movements in the Battle of Big Bethel, by Alfred Waud
General Benjamin F. Butler's Headquarters, New Orleans
Portrait by Mathew Brady c. 1861-1865
General Butler after the battle of September 29, 1864, sketched by William Waud (Harper's Weekly, October 22, 1864)In their orbit 4
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Benjamin Franklin Butler 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 the impeachment of U.S. president Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and on the Massachusetts political scene, serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882.
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