Benjamin Franklin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American politician and political general during the American Civil War. He was born in New Hampshire in 1818. He became a lawyer in 1840. During the Civil War, he was one of the first generals in the Union Army. He also didn't return escaped slaves to their masters, claiming that they were Contraband of War. After the war, he was governor of Massachusetts from January 1883 to January 1884. He died in 1893.

Benjamin Franklin Butler Media

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  Engraving depicting the Baltimore riot of 1861

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  Map of Fort Monroe, 1862

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  Contemporary drawing of military movements in the Battle of Big Bethel, by Alfred Waud

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  Portrait of Butler in his Union Army uniform, Brady-Handy 1862–1865

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  General Butler after the battle of September 29, 1864, sketched by William Waud (Harper's Weekly, October 22, 1864)

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  Johnson impeachment managersSeated L-R: Butler, Thaddeus Stevens, Thomas Williams, John Bingham;Standing L-R: James F. Wilson, George S. Boutwell, John A. Logan

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  Illustration of Butler (left) delivering the opening remarks of the prosecution during the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson

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  Butler's memorial at the Hildreth family cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts