Benjamin Franklin Butler Collection, 1861-1868, 1889.

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Benjamin Franklin Butler Collection, 1861-1868, 1889.

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The collection contains three letters (ALS) about various Civil War-related issues. The first, written in the spring of 1861, is addressed to the Secretary of War, Simon Cameron, regarding the official status of the slaves in Confederate territory occupied by Union troops. The second letter was written in 1868, when his new career in Congress was being haunted by his actions during the war. The third letter, from 1889, shows that Butler was still plagued by questions about his actions in New Orleans during the war. Also included is a handwritten transcript of an interview conducted in June 1862 between General Butler and Captain Homer B. Sprague of the 13th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, prepared by Captain Sprague in New Orleans.

.02 linear feet (1 folder)

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7876884

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Sprague, Homer B. (Homer Baxter), 1829-1918

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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...