Benjamin F. Butler timeline
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Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries - Confederate Forts Captured
The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, sometimes known as the Battle of Forts Hatteras and Clark, was a small but significant engagement in the... Read more
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Capture of New Orleans
At noon on April 25, Farragut anchored in front of New Orleans; Forts Jackson and St. Philip, isolated and continuously bombarded by the mortar... Read more
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Union Forces Destroy Railroad at the Battle of Port Walthall Junction
Description:In conjunction with the opening of Grant’s Overland Campaign, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler’s Army of the James, 33,000 strong, disembarked... Read more
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Confederate Forces Stop Union Attack at the Battle of Swift Creek
Description: On May 9, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler made a thrust toward Petersburg and was met by Bushrod Johnson’s Division at Swift Creek. A... Read more
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Battle of Chester Station
Description: On May 10, elements of Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom’s division conducted a reconnaissance-in-force against a portion of Butler’s army that... Read more
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Battle of Proctor's Creek - Beauregard Defeats Butler
Description: After his repulse at Swift Creek and Fort Clifton on May 9, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler withdrew into his entrenchments at Bermuda... Read more
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Battle of Ware Bottom Church - Beauregard surrounds Butler
Description: On May 20, Confederate forces under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard attacked Butler’s Bermuda Hundred line near Ware Bottom Church. About... Read more
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Battle of Chaffin's Farm
Description: During the night of September 28-29, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler’s Army of the James crossed James River to assault the Richmond... Read more
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Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
Description: In combination with movements against the Boydton Plank Road at Petersburg, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler attacked the Richmond defenses... Read more
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First Battle of Fort Fisher
Description: Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler was relieved of command of the Army of the James and assigned to lead an amphibious expedition against Fort... Read more