Record Group 393: Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1817 - 1947 Series: Telegrams Sent by General Benjamin F. Butler, 5/1864 - 1/1865

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Record Group 393: Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands, 1817 - 1947 Series: Telegrams Sent by General Benjamin F. Butler, 5/1864 - 1/1865

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Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893

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Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the sixth and youngest child of John Butler and Charlotte Ellison Butler. His father served under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later became a privateer, dying of yellow fever in the West Indies not long after Benjamin was born. He was named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. His elder brother, Andrew Jackson Butler (1815–1864), would serve as a colonel in the Union Army during t...