Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts.

Benjamin Butler became one of the most disliked generals of the war, upsetting many on both sides of the conflict. Benjamin Butler graduated from Colby College in Maine in 1838, and was admitted to …

Jan 7, 2026 · Benjamin F. Butler (born Nov. 5, 1818, Deerfield, N.H., U.S.—died Jan. 11, 1893, Washington, D.C.) was an American politician and army officer during the American Civil War …

Butler was a shrewd military leader and lawyer. His decision, which came to be known as the “Contraband Decision,” enabled thousands of enslaved people from states in rebellion to seek refuge …

May 23, 2024 · Benjamin F. Butler was a controversial, self-aggrandizing, and colorful politician who served as a Union general during the American Civil War (1861–1865). A state senator in …

Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as …

Mar 6, 2024 · A prominent Union officer, Major General Benjamin F. Butler also served as a United States Congressman and as Governor of Massachusetts after the American Civil War.

Dec 5, 2018 · Benjamin Butler, a lawyer, politician, and general, was one of the most controversial men of the American Civil War. He worked as a lawyer in Massachusetts for about 15 years before the …

An arch Democrat fighting a Republican war, Butler was a politician in military garb. At the start of the conflict, he raised a regiment out of patriotism but soon thereafter looked upon the conflict as a way …

The papers of Benjamin Franklin Butler contains correspondence, letter books, order books, reports, notebooks, maps and charts, newspaper clippings, and other papers concerning his Civil War …