Charles Devens Jr.
Born: April 4, 1820
Birthplace: Charlestown, Massachusetts
Father: Charles Devens Sr. 1791 – 1876
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Mother: Mary Lithgow 1798 – 1848
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Education:
1836: Graduated from Harvard College
1840: Graduated from Harvard Law School
Occupation before War:
1841 – 1849: Attorney in Franklin County, Massachusetts
1848: Massachusetts State Senator
1849 – 1853: United States Marshal for Massachusetts
1851: Called upon to remand the Fugitive Slave Thomas Sims
1853 – 1861: Attorney in Worcester, Massachusetts
Civil War Career:
1861: Major of 3rd Massachusetts Rifle Battalion
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
1861: Wounded at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, Virginia
1862 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Infantry
1862: Wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
1862: Not heavily involved in the Maryland Campaign
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1864: Distinguished himself at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia
1864: Division Commander during the Overland Campaign
1865: Led the first troops to occupy Richmond, Virginia
1866: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War
1865 – 1866: Commander of Military District of Charleston, South Carolina
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1873: Judge of Massachusetts State Superior Court
1873 – 1877: Massachusetts State Associate Justice of Supreme Court
1873 – 1875: Commander – in – Chief of Grand Army of the Republic
1877 – 1881: United States Attorney General of Justice Department
1878: Elected as Member of American Antiquarian Society
1881 – 1891: Massachusetts State Associate Justice of Supreme Court
Died: January 7, 1891
Place of Death: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cause of Death: Cardiac failure due to fatty degeneration of the heart
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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