Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler

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                                   BUTLER
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   BUTLER, GEN. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, born in Deerfield, N.H., November 5,
   1818. Admitted to bar, 1840. Elected to Massachusetts Legislature as a
   Democrat, 1853, and to Senate, 1859. Practiced law in Lowell. Delegate
   to Democratic National Convention at charleston, S.C., 1860. At
   beginning of Civil war, appointed brigadier-general of State militia.
   Occupied Annapolis, April 17, 1861, and Baltimore, May 13. Made
   major-general of volunteers, May 16, 1861, and placed in command of
   Eastern Virginia, with headquarters at Fortress Monroe. Captured Forts
   Clark and Hatteras, in August, 1861. Led expedition to Gulf of Mexico,
   March, 1862. Commanded in New Orleans, May to December, 1862.
   Recalled, December 16, 1862. In 1863 placed in command of Army of the
   James, operating in Virginia and North Carolina. Operated against
   Petersburg, but checked by Beauregard. In October, 1864, checked
   anti-draft riots in New York. In command at Fort Fisher. Removed from
   command by General Grant, and went to Massachusetts. Served in
   Congress, 1866-1879, except 1875-76. Defeated for Governor of
   Massachusetts, 1871, 1878, 1879, 1883. Elected Governor, 1882, by the
   Democrats. Ran for President in 1884, but got few votes. Died suddenly
   in Washington, 1893.