Major General Charles Devens

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Veterans_Affairs
gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:National_Guard
gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Civil_War_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1820-04-04
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Devens_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:1st_Massachusetts_Cavalry_Regiment
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Military reforms
Judicial reforms
Legal reforms
Reconstruction Era policies
gptkbp:deathDate 1891-01-07
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major General Charles Devens
gptkbp:influenced Post-Civil War military policy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:involvedIn Education initiatives
Community service initiatives
Legal cases
Political campaigns
Public speaking engagements
Historical preservation efforts
Civil service reforms
Military strategy discussions
Military history research
Veteran affairs advocacy
Legal education advocacy
gptkbp:knownFor Military leadership
Political career
Legal career
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Cedar_Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Appomattox Court House
gptkbp:notableWork Civil War service
gptkbp:position gptkb:U.S._Attorney_for_Massachusetts
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_A._Andrew
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Union_Army
Judge Advocate General
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Devens
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_B._Franklin