Charles Devens

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Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army general
United States Attorney General
human
judge
lawyer
politician
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
era American Civil War era
ethnicGroup American
fieldOfWork law
military leadership
politics
genre law
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Massachusetts
United States federal government
memberOf Union Army officer corps
militaryBranch Union Army
name Charles Devens
nationality American
notableFor legal and judicial career in Massachusetts
service as a Union Army general in the American Civil War
serving as U.S. Attorney General
occupation judge
lawyer
military officer
politician
placeOfActivity Massachusetts
politicalAlignment Union (American Civil War)
positionHeld Massachusetts state politician
United States Attorney General
judge in Massachusetts
residence Massachusetts
timePeriod 19th century
workLocation Massachusetts

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Charles Devens
name
Fort Devens, Massachusetts
namedAfter
Fort Devens, Massachusetts ("Major General Charles Devens")
namedFor

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