US AG/Gen Charles Devens

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1639-Today Harvard University
1789-Today United States Attorneys General
1812-Today American Antiquarian Society (AAS)
1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff
1861-1865 Union Army
1862 Battle of Fredericksburg
1862 Battle of Seven Pines
1863-Today Union Club of Boston
1864 Battle of Cold Harbor
1864 Overland Campaign
1864-1865 Siege of Petersburg AKA Richmond-Petersburg Campaign
1865-Today The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, (MOLLUS)
Grand Army of the Republic Commanders-in-Chief
Harvard Law School
Hayes administration cabinet members
Judges (individuals)
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The Hidden Hand
Union Army generals
United States Marshals Service (USMS)
US Pres Rutherford B. Hayes
VI Corps (Union Army)

1851 Devens was United States Marshal for Massachusetts, in which capacity he was called upon in 1851 to remand the fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, to slavery.
1865 Charles Devens's troops were the first to occupy Richmond after its fall in April 1865.
1866 President Andrew Johnson nominated Devens for the award of the honorary grade of brevet major general, United States Volunteers, to rank from April 3, 1865, for services during the Richmond campaign, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on March 12
1878 This Charles Devens felt constrained to do, much against his personal desire, subsequently, he attempted in vain to purchase Sims' freedom, and many years later appointed him to a position in the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
Charles Deven and George Frisbie Hoar's Law Firm
Charles Devens was also a key figure in the investigation into the unlawful execution of Confederate veteran Calvin Crozier by soldiers of the 33rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, at Newberry, SC in September 1865 following an altercation.
Fort Devens
US Brevet Brig Gen Francis Amasa Walker