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Charles Devens Jr.

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Birth
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
7 Jan 1891 (aged 70)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Cambridge,Middlesex County,Massachusetts,USAGPS-Latitude: 42.3693396, Longitude: -71.1456215
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Tulip Path, Lot 1594
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Civil War Union Brigadier General, Politician. He was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1848, US Marshall of Massachusetts, 1849 to 1853 and served on the US Department of Jusice in 1860. When the Civil War erupted, he was apponited Colonel of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry and was wounded in action at the Battle of Ball Bluff. He was promoted Brigadier General in April 1862 and commanded the 1st Brigade of the IV Corps in the Maryland Campaign. Assigned commander of the 1st Division, XI Corps in 1863, he fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Cold Harbor and in the Overland Campaign. During the Siege of Petersburg, he commanded the 3rd Division, XXIV Corps and his troops were the first to occupy Richmond, Virginia in April 1865. For distinguished service, he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers and served as commander of the military district of Charleston, South Carolina until 1866. After the war, he was judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judical Court and was US Attorney General in the Cabinet of President Rutherford Hayes, 1877 to 1881.
Civil War Union Brigadier General, Politician. He was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1848, US Marshall of Massachusetts, 1849 to 1853 and served on the US Department of Jusice in 1860. When the Civil War erupted, he was apponited Colonel of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry and was wounded in action at the Battle of Ball Bluff. He was promoted Brigadier General in April 1862 and commanded the 1st Brigade of the IV Corps in the Maryland Campaign. Assigned commander of the 1st Division, XI Corps in 1863, he fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Cold Harbor and in the Overland Campaign. During the Siege of Petersburg, he commanded the 3rd Division, XXIV Corps and his troops were the first to occupy Richmond, Virginia in April 1865. For distinguished service, he was brevetted Major General of US Volunteers and served as commander of the military district of Charleston, South Carolina until 1866. After the war, he was judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judical Court and was US Attorney General in the Cabinet of President Rutherford Hayes, 1877 to 1881.

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