★  Paine, Charles Jackson

Charles Jackson Paine

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Born: August 26, 1833

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts

Father: Charles Cushing Paine 1808 – 1874
(Buried: Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts)​

Mother: Fanny Cabot Jackson 1812 – 1878
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

Wife: Julia Bryant 1847 – 1901
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

Children:

Olympic Gold Medalist Sumner Paine 1868 – 1904​
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts)​
Olympic Gold Medalist John Bryant Paine 1870 – 1951​
(Buried: Linwood Cemetery, Weston, Massachusetts)​
Helen Paine Kimball 1881 – 1947​
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​
Georgiana Fisher Paine Fisher Howland 1888 – 1989​
(Buried: East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Massachusetts)​

Education:

1852: One of First Oarsman in race between Harvard and Yale​
1853: Graduated from Harvard University​

Occupation before War:

Railroad Businessman​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain of 22nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment​
1862: Sent to Ship Island, Mississippi by the Union Army​
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment​
1863: Brigade Commander during Siege of Port Hudson​
1864: Resigned as Colonel on March 4th
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​
1864: Led Division of Black Troops at New Market Heights, Virginia​
1864 – 1865: Served in the Expedition against Fort Fisher, North Carolina​
1865: Served in the Battle of Wilmington, North Carolina​
1865 – 1866: Union Army Commander at New Berne, North Carolina​
Managed to arrange the retrieval of Colonel Robert Shaw’s Sword​
1866: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War​

Occupation after War:

Owner of the Puritan, The Mayflower, and The Volunteer Yachts​
Successfully Defended America’s Cup against a British Challenger​

Died: August 12, 1916

Place of Death: Weston, Massachusetts

Cause of Death: Bronchopneumonia and edema of lungs

Age at time of Death: 82 years old

Burial Place: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
 
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On March 8, 1864 he was honorably discharged and joined General Butler's staff. It was after he was promoted to brigadier that he took command of a black division in Virginia. It was this division that he led at Drewry's Bluff, New Market Heights and in both attacks on Fort Fisher.
 
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