Benjamin F. Butler
Date of Birth: November 5, 1818
Hometown: Deerfield, NH
Education: Colby
College
Final Wartime Rank: Major General
Final Peacetime Rank: N/A
Date of Death: January 11, 1893
Place of Death: Washington, DC
Buried At:
Lowell, MA
Major Battles: Big Bethel Church, Hatteras Inlet, Bermuda Hundred
Interesting Fact(s): After the fall, of New Orleans, Butler was installed as the Military Governor, of Louisiana. Due to his penchant for confiscating personally property, he received the derogatory nickname, "Spoons."
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