Gen Benjamin F Butler
Benjamin Franklin Butler
American
Benjamin Franklin Butler was a notable American politician who served as a Union general during the Civil War. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Daughter: Blanche Butler Ames
Benjamin Franklin Butler was a notable American politician who served as a Union general during the Civil War. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1864/00/00 | Gen Butler takes possession of the house after the family abandons, assigns 40,000 men from Yorktown and Gloucester Point to City Point and Bermuda Hundred ad build a field hospital north of the house from the demolished Enon Church. | Union General | Point of Rocks | Chester | |||
| 1864/05/05 | Union Gen Benjamin Butler's 30,000-man Army of the James lands here without opposition. Despite his surprise arrival, Butler will be unable to take advantage of the unprepared Confederate defenders below Richmond. | Union General | Town of Bermuda Hundred Historic District | Chester |
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