DEVENS, Charles Jr.

Affiliation:  Union

Born: April 4 1820, Charlestown MA

Died:  January 7 1891, Boston MA

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, politician, US marshal, general in state militia

War Service: 1861 Maj. in 3rd Bn of Massachusetts Rifles, July 1861 Col. of 15th Massachusetts, Ball's Bluff (w), April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/IV Corps at Seven Pines (w), commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/VI Corps at Fredericksburg, commanded 1st Divn/XI Corps at Chancellorsville (w), commanded 3rd Divn/XVIII Corps at Cold Harbor, commanded 3rd Divn/XXIV Corps at Petersburg.

Post War:  Judge, US attorney general.