Letters, 1856-1869 [microform].

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Letters, 1856-1869 [microform].

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Scrapbook containing the letters of Charles J. Paine written to his father, Charles C. Paine, the majority during the former's military career in the Civil War. Paine's letters describe his service as an officer in the 22nd and 30th Mass. Infantry Regiments, the 2nd Louisiana Volunteers, the Army of the Gulf, and in several brigades in the Army of the James. Paine also served as a member of Benjamin Butler's staff. Also included are Paine's pre- and post-war letters written during his travels in Europe (1856-1857) and as a lawyer in St. Louis prior to the war.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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United States. Army of the James

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The Union Departments of Virginia and North Carolina merged in 1863. Troops from these departments formed the XVIII Corps. In April 1864 the X Corps was transferred from the Department of the South and the two corps formed the Army of the James. Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler was placed in command. During Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant's Overland Campaign in 1864, Butler made several unsuccessful attempts at Petersburg and Richmond. At the Battle of Cold Harbor the XVIII Corps was sent to act under the...

Paine, Charles Cushing, 1808-1874

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United States. Army. Louisiana Volunteers, 2nd (1861-1865)

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Paine, Charles Jackson, 1833-1916.

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U.S. Army general. From the description of Charles Jackson Paine letters from John Singer Sargent, 1904-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455561 ...

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...

United States. Army. Army of the Gulf.

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