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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 | 24 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler | 7 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 5. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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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)
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 2 : early political action and military training. (search)
Chapter 2: early political action and military training.
Courtship and marriage
Weds Miss Sarah Hildreth, of Dracut
their four children
why the youngest was sent to West Point
a War every generation
the Butler coat of arms
Mrs. Butler during the Rebellion
political course: governing principle and belief
early campaign for shorter hours in Lowell mills
hostility of manufacturers
rise of the Democratic Free-soil Coalition
State election of 1851
whoever votes the Ben. Butle hat portion of my life for whose pursuits I have had the greatest fondness, and I shall describe them in a continuous narrative later on.
In the year 1839 I made the acquaintance of Fisher Ames Hildreth, the only son of Dr. Israel Hildreth, of Dracut, a town adjoining Lowell on the north side of Merrimack River.
That acquaintance ripened into an affectionate friendship which terminated only with his death thirty years afterwards.
Dr. Hildreth had a family of seven children, six of them be
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Varnum , James Mitchell 1748 - (search)
Varnum, James Mitchell 1748-
Military officer; born in Dracut, Mass., Dec. 17, 1748; graduated at Rhode Island College (now Brown University) in 1769, and became a lawyer in East Greenwich, R. I. In 1784 he was commander of the Kentish Guards, from the ranks of which came General Greene and about thirty other officers of the Revolution.
He was made colonel of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in January, 1775, and soon afterwards entered the Continental army, becoming brigadier-general in February, 1777.
He was at Red Bank (Fort Mercer), in command of all the troops on the Jersey side of the Delaware, when the British took Philadelphia; and it was under his direction that Major Thayer made his gallant defence of Fort Mifflin (q. v.). General Varnum was at Valley Forge the following winter; took part in the battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778) ; joined Sullivan in his expedition to Rhode Island, serving under the immediate orders of Lafayette, and resigned in 1779, when he was chosen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Varnum , Joseph Bradley 1818 -1874 (search)
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 10 : Middlesex County . (search)
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21 : military History. (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, B. (search)