Papers, 1754-1910, bulk: 1861-1865.

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Papers, 1754-1910, bulk: 1861-1865.

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Union Army officer. Correspondence, accounts, enlistment lists, muster rolls, documents, orders, requisitions, vouchers, passes, telegrams, and other papers relating to Whelden's military career; to the 31st Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; recruiting activities (1861) instigated by Gen. Benjamin F. Butler for the Western Bay State Regiment including papers relating to a dispute over financial responsibility with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Whelden's command of Ft. Pike, La., during the occupation of New Orleans (1862), guerrilla activities in the Pearl River area, smuggling activities, and appeals for aid from inhabitants; and to Whelden's office as Provost Marshal, Norfolk, Va., including security and local intelligence matters, accounts of expenses for secret service and capture of deserters, and accounts for maintenance and supplies. Includes an account (1754) relating to the building of Ft. Pontoosuck, Mass.

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Whelden, Charles M., 1821-1910.

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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...