Charles Jackson Paine
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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