Benjamin Franklin Butler papers, undated.

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Benjamin Franklin Butler papers, undated.

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Contains the following type of materials: orders. Contains information pertaining to the following war: Civil War. Contains information pertaining to the following military organization: U.S. Army Department of the Gulf. General description of the collection: The Benjamin Franklin Butler papers include copies of twelve orders issued by Butler (May 15 - November 11, 1862) to control the disruptive elements within the civilian populace and military garrison of New Orleans.

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United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865)

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During the Civil War, the U.S. Army created the Department of the Gulf and the Army of the Gulf following the capture of New Orleans, Louisiana, by Admiral David G. Farragut in 1862. Major General Benjamin F. Butler took command of the Union occupation forces as well as the Department of the Gulf. The soldiers in the new department were then designated as the Army of the Gulf. Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks succeeded Butler on December 17, 1862. Under Banks, the army fought its first ...

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...