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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 1: lineage and education. (search)
am, New Hampshire, the widow of the late Daniel B. Stevens, Esq. Mrs. Sarah Batchelder Butler died February 23, 1809. John Butler then married Charlotte Ellison, July 21, 1811. She bore him three children. The eldest, Charlotte, born May 13, 1812rfield, New Hampshire, Nov. 5, 1818, about four o'clock in the afternoon. Upon the breaking out of the war of 1812, John Butler applied to the war department for permission to raise a company of light dragoons among his neighbors. Permission was granted, the company was raised, and he was commissioned its captain on the twenty-third of July, 1812. Captain Butler served with his troop on the northern frontier until he broke his left leg. The broken limb was so badly set that he could not st respect and admiration. Hence, having a son born on the 13th of February, 1815, he named him Andrew Jackson. Capt. John Butler, War of 1812, father of Benj. Butler. Engraved from an oil Painting. The war being practically ended, as the b
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 2: early political action and military training. (search)
he Revolution, from 1775 to 1783, and one of my uncles was at Bunker Hill. The next generation saw the war of 1812 with Great Britain. In this war, my father, John Butler, commanded a company of light dragoons in the regular army. Next, in 1830, were the Spanish wars in Florida and the Gulf States, wherein General Taylor and Genning years, to take my place in that profession which I love and honor. Man proposes, but God disposes. Swords of four generations in glass case, at home of Gen. Butler at Lowell. My daughter married Major-General Adelbert Ames, who made his mark during the War of the Rebellion and in the reconstruction of the country, so trs that may be questioned, it is that in which I followed the bent of my own opinions. Returning home with me, after I retired to civil and political life, Mrs. Butler remained the same good adviser, educating and guiding her children during their young lives with such skill and success that neither of them ever did an act whi
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
special service, 295, 305; reference to, 627, 714; corps reference to, 686. Burr, Aaron, reference to, 929. Butler, Andrew J., brother of Benj. F., 41-42; anecdote of, 190; buys horses, 264; brings provisions to Ship Island, 358; agent in buying sugar at New Orleans, 384; mentioned in Davis proclamation, 544. Butler, Blanche, daughter of Benj. F., 79)-81. Butler, Ben Israel, son of Benj. F., 79-81. Butler, Mrs. Charlotte [Ellison], mother of Benj. F., 41, 44, 45. Butler, John, father of Benj. F., 41, 43. Butler, Paul, son of Benj. F., 79, 81, 82. Butler, Mrs. Sarah [Hildreth], wife of Benj. F., 78-79; death of, 79; home life, 85; accompanies in Civil War, 82; advises to accept Major-General's commission, 242; on Frying Pan Shoals, 341-347; in New Orleans, 374. Butler, Zepheniah, grandfather of Benj. F., 40, 41, 48, 80. Butterfield, Gen., Daniel, advises and assists Butler, 759. Buzzell, John R., acquitted, 112. C Cadwallader, General, orde