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	117th New York Volunteer Infantry - General Officers: Devens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles Devens, Jr., was born 04 April 1820, in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
		In 1867, General Devens was appointed a judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court and, in 1873, a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
		General Devens was the recipient of numerous degrees and a participant in many commemoratory occasions in his state, where he was the object of universal affection.
	www.117ny.org /devens.htm (563 words)

	General Devens survived war to become U.S. attorney general, judge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles Devens, for whom Fort Devens was named, left a pre-Civil War career as a lawyer, state senator, U.S. Marshall, orator and militia officer to join 75,000 volunteers recruited by president Abraham Lincoln to fight in the war.
		Devens was almost killed by a rifle ball in the battle of Balls Bluff in Virginia in October 1861.
		Devens spent 13 of his 70 years in the civil ad military service, four years as US attorney general and 21 in high official position in the state of Massachusetts.
	www.devenshistoricalmuseum.org /generaldevens.html (802 words)

	DEVENS, Charles - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles DEVENS, cabinet officer, was born in Charlestown, Mass., April 4, 1820; son of Charles and Mary (Lithgow) Devens, and grandson of Richard Devens, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and of Col. Arthur Lithgow of Augusta, Maine.
		A heroic size bronze statue by Olin L. Warner, sculptor, was erected to his memory on the state house grounds, Boston, by the state of Massachusetts, the legislature appropriating $15,000 for the purpose.
		His brother, Arthur Lithgow Devens, was graduated at Harvard in 1840; received his LL.B. degree in 1843, and died in Boston, Mass., in 1867.
	www.nextech.de /ma15mvi/biogrphy/devens.htm (765 words)

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		Devens was far from a failure in the classroom, but academics did not come easily.
		She is a descendant of Charles Devens, a major general in the Union Army during the Civil War and later a U.S. attorney general.
		Devens was a psychology major and spoke of teaching or coaching but had no definite plans for life after Dartmouth.
	www.cs.toronto.edu /~andria/Text_files/Devens_95.txt (1876 words)

	Devens Dispatch
		Camp Devens began as temporary quarters for the quick training of troops during WW1, one of 16 in the country.
		In this regard, Devens was similar to Camp Stevens, the temporary camp constructed in Groton Junction near the Nashua River, in what would become Ayer, for the training of the 53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Militia during the Civil War.
		With all the history associated with Devens and its interaction with the towns of Shirley, Ayer and Harvard, the fact is that it came close to being located elsewhere.
	extras.sentinelandenterprise.com /devens_dispatch/mark.asp (1408 words)

	Charlie Devens -- Pitched for Yankees in 1932
		Charles Devens, reported to be the last living New York Yankee from Babe Ruth's final championship season of 1932, died on Aug. 13, 2003 in Milton, Pa. He was 93.
		Devens, who pitched for Harvard, was signed by the New York Yankees in 1932 for a rookie contract and a bonus of $5,000.
		In World War II, Devens was a flight deck officer on the USS Intrepid and received the Bronze Star for his efforts during a battle with on Nov. 25, 1944.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/d/devens_charlie.html (428 words)

	Biographies of the Attorneys General
		Charles Lee was born in Leesylania, Virginia, in 1758.
		In April 1867, Devens was appointed Justice of the Superior Court of the State and in 1873 a Justice of the State Supreme Court.
		In 1881 Devens was reappointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.
	www.usdoj.gov /jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm (12842 words)

	Charles Devens
		The Honorable CHARLES DEVENS, a Justice of this Court from the third day of October, 1873, to the twelfth day of March, 1877, and, by reappointment, since the eighteenth day of April, 1881, died at his residence in Boston on the seventh day of January, 1891.
		If we attempt to paint Judge Devens as we have seen him with the eyes of affection in the fulness and brilliancy of his varied and distinguished career, it may appear to our successors that we have been betrayed into the vice of undiscriminating praise.
		Judge Devens was the oldest of the Justices, and, taking all the years of his service together, had been longest, upon the bench.
	www.massreports.com /memorials/152ma601.htm (2297 words)

	Fort Devens / Devens Reserve Force Training Area 33
		The Devens RFTA is located in Middlesex and Worcester counties, 35 miles northwest of Boston, 12 miles south of the New Hampshire border, and adjacent to the town of Ayer, MA.
		Devens was again reduced to caretaker status after the war, and used by the University of Massachusetts to offer educational opportunities to returning veterans.
		Devens reactivated again in 1948 and was again a reception center for the Korean Conflict.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/fort-devens.htm (1450 words)

	Devens RFTA, US Army Reserves, US Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was named in honor of Brevet Major General Charles Devens, a Massachusetts son who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and later was named Attorney General during the Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes.
		In 1991, the Base Realignment and Closure Office recommended that Fort Devens’ active duty mission be eliminated and a small reserve enclave and training area be maintained for use by the Reserve and National Guard.
		Fort Devens closed its doors as an active duty installation, March 31, 1996, and the next day, it was business as usual at the Devens Reserve Forces Training Area (RFTA).
	www.devens.army.mil /History_of_Devens.htm (789 words)

	Charles Devens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This he felt constrained to do, much against his personal desire; and 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.
		Devens practised law at Worcester, Massachusetts from 1853 until 1861, and throughout the American Civil War served in the federal army, becoming colonel of volunteers in July 1861 and brigadier general of volunteers in April 1862.
		At the Battle of Balls Bluff in 1861 he was severely wounded; he was again wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks in 1862 and at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863, where he commanded a division.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/charles_devens (457 words)

	Cold Harbor
		Charles Griffin, Henry H. Lockwood, Samuel W. Crawford and Lysander Cutler, and the artillery brigade of Col. Charles S. Wain- wright.
		William H. Brooks, James H. Martindale and Charles Devens, and the artillery brigade un- der command of Capt. Samuel S. Elder.
		Gen. Devens' division had been placed on the right to protect our flank and hold as much as possible of the lines vacated by the troops moving forward.
	www.evansville.net /~tlconner/coldharbor.htm (2423 words)

	NVRPA The Battle of Ball's Bluff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He ordered Colonel Devens immediately to cross over half of his regiment and, as soon as it was light enough to see, proceed inland and raid the camp.
		With nothing to raid, Colonel Devens decided to remain where he was and sent a messenger to General Stone asking for further instructions.
		He sent Devens the rest of the 15th Massachusetts and gave command of this expanded reconnaissance to one of his brigade commanders, Col. Edward D. Baker.
	www.nvrpa.org /ballsbluffbattle.html (858 words)

	The mailbag
		I was at Ft. Devens from 1971-1974, originally an electronics student (33F), later technically an instructor, although actually I was attached to the Educational Consultant (Dr. Legere) in "Project Miltown", centered around an abandoned CDC 1700 computer that we got working and applied to statistical studies and cryppie training.
		It was activated in 1950 at Camp Pickett, Virginia, and went to Devens as a PCOS in August of 1951.
		Devens, in addition to "weed" students, also played host to a hoard of old intelligence service members dating back to Korea and WWII that were recalled for Berlin problem.
	www.eccoh.com /devens/mailbag.htm (6977 words)

	The Devens Historical Museum, Devens, MA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Named for Civil War Brigadier General Charles Devens of Massachusetts, the camp had been founded in the spring of 1917 on thousands of acres of scrub oak and birches in Ayer, Massachusetts.
		Fort Devens during World War II The wartime commanders of the post were Colonel William A. Smith (September 1940 to September 1943), Colonel Howell M. Estes, Cavalry (September 1943 to June 1945), and Brigadier General William C. Crane (June 1945 to July 1946).
		Fort Devens was deactivated as of June 30, 1946 and placed under a caretaking detachment of 46 enlisted men commanded by Lt. Colonel Charles Knowlton.
	www.devenshistoricalmuseum.org /edith_nourse_rogers.html (3037 words)

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		When Korea exploded in 1950, Fort Devens again was called to serve as a reception center, processing enlistees, inductees, and reservists called to meet the emergency, processing more than 85,000 recruits in the first eight months of operation.
		The 2nd Brigade at Fort Devens is one of the three brigades which comprise the 5th Infantry Division (iviech) at Fort Carson, Colorado.
		There is hardly a family in New England that during the course of the last 40 years has not sent to Fort Devens a son, brother, father, or husband, to train for battle, or that has not welcomed him home from the wars after his separation at Fort Devens.
	www.eccoh.com /devens/chisholm/page3.htm (1486 words)

	Wheeler Blog
		Letter written by Dr. Charles A. Wheeler, a Union soldier who served as assistant surgeon with the 12th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
		Charles was a surgeon during the Civil War.
		On June 28 the various units were ordered to assemble at Camp Scott, Worcester, and there, July 12, the regiment was mustered into the United States service with Charles Devens, Jr., major of the old 3d Battalion Rifles, as its colonel.
	ohle.homestead.com /MomBlog.html (970 words)

	Taggart (Charles A.) Papers, 1862 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles A. Taggart was born January 17, 1843 in Blandford, Massachusetts.
		Taggart's regiment was part of the VI Corps under Major General William Buel Franklin, 3rd Division (Brigadier General John Newton), 2nd Brigade (Brigadier General Charles Devens).
		The 37th was positioned on the Union left and on December 11 led the advance across the pontoon bridges that spanned the Rappahannock River into Fredericksburg.
	www.navarrocollege.edu /library/civilwar/finding_aids/s_z/taggart.htm (353 words)

	Charles Devens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He died at Boston, Massachusetts in January 1891 and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
		Fort Devens in central Massachusetts, which opened in 1917 is named after him.
		This page was last modified 07:02, 9 November 2005.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Devens (340 words)

	Chesterwood Estate and Museum: Calendar
		Description: Charles Devens (1820-1891) typified "the citizen soldier and the soldier gentleman." He was born in Charlestown and settled in Worcester.
		A Harvard graduate, lawyer, volunteer general in the Army of the Potomac, Military Governor of Richmond (its first), and of Charleston, he was a judge after the war until his death, except when attorney general in President Hayes' Cabinet.
		His law partner, George Frisbie Hoar (see his statue by Daniel Chester French), wrote in his memoir on Devens that a portrait of him would require "the noble touch of the old masters of painting or the lofty stroke of the [Elizabethan] dramatists." Senator Hoar was the chairman of the Commission that chose French.
	www.chesterwood.org /hidden/sites/site19.html (146 words)

	Fairbanks and Keester
		Charles C. was born in Feb 1856 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
		Children were: Nellie Arvilla FAIRBANK, Charles Mason FAIRBANK.
		Children were: Charles Pearley FAIRBANK, Bert Francis FAIRBANK.
	www.familyorigins.com /users/k/e/e/Louis-J-Keester/FAMO1-0001/d81.htm (1319 words)

	Keith Devens - Weblog: Charles Krauthammer on the election - November 09, 2004
		Keith Devens - Weblog: Charles Krauthammer on the election - November 09, 2004
		The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: "I did not have time....
		Charles Krauthammer: How Bush Almost Let It Slip Away (to read), via PoliPundit.
	keithdevens.com /weblog/archive/2004/Nov/09/Krauthammer.election (273 words)

	Army: Images of America: Fort Devens
		Named after Gen. Charles A. Devens, the fort occupied land where a military garrison stood in the 160Os and served as a cantonment for the 53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War.
		A number of units trained at Fort Devens, including the 1st and 45th Infantry Divisions, and Craig includes a number of impressive photos of the training.
		There is also a strange picture of "North Vietnamese" soldiers in their Vietnamese village on the fort, which in reality was a group of men of Hawaiian descent posing as enemy soldiers in a wargaming exercise.
	newssearch.looksmart.com /p/articles/mi_qa3723/is_200405/ai_n9383920 (434 words)

	COOLIDGE, Charles M. - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles Cooledge, 43, M, Chair Manufactory, $7500, b.
		Interesting about Charles is that his brother Marcus Morton Coolidge moved to St. Louis before the war and enlisted into Co. H, 1st Light Artillery Regiment, Missouri Volunteers as Private on April 29, 1861 at the age of 22.
		Regiment drown in the Charles River in West Roxbury at Camp Andrew on June 1, 1861 trying to save one of his fellow comrades who also drowned.
	www.nextech.de /ma15mvi/biogrphy/coolchas.htm (278 words)

	Charles Devens - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Charles Devens - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 19:28, 7 May 2005.
		Charles Devens, Sources, Further reading and External links.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Charles_P._Devens (359 words)

	Charles
		The Park is owned and operated by the Joint Industrial Development Authority of Northampton County and its Incorporated Towns, and is fundamental to the economic development strategy of Northampton County and the town of Cape Charles.
		Declining economic fortunes over the last 50 years, mirrored by a decline in population, has made the recruitment of new businesses a priority on the Eastern Shore.
		The German wind farm developers proVENTO are planning to locate their US headquarters at Cape Charles, along with six wind turbines to provide a local source of renewable energy.
	www.hull.ac.uk /geog/research/EcoInd/html/charles.html (285 words)

	Adams Chronology
		Born in Boston MA on February 16, third son of Charles Francis Adams and Abigail Brooks Adams, great-grandson of President John Adams, and grandson of President John Quincy Adams, at whose home in Quincy he was a frequent summer visitor as a boy.
		Is appointed assistant professor of history by Charles W. Eliot, the new president of Harvard College.
		Charles Scribner’s Sons publishes the first two volumes of the trade edition of the History (four more volumes are published in 1890; the final three volumes and the volume of Historical Essays are published in 1891).
	www.univie.ac.at /Anglistik/easyrider/data/AdamsChronology.htm (2015 words)

	Devens
		is located on 4,400 acres of the former Fort Devens, north central Massachusetts, which closed in 1996 with the loss of 3,000 civilian jobs.
		Notwithstanding concern over the loss of so many jobs in an essentially rural area, the need for sustainable development has been a key theme in the redevelopment plans from the earliest stages.
		Some of these businesses have located at Devens specifically in response to the sustainability agenda, which is lead by the Devens Enterprise Commission (DEC).
	www.hull.ac.uk /geog/research/EcoInd/html/devens.html (305 words)

	Eleanor Despenser - Ephraim Dexter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lithgow Osborne, Robert Klipfel Osborne, Charles Devens Osborne.
		Charles H. Devol was born on 10 Nov 1827.
		Hannah Devol was born on 25 Feb 1823.
	share.geocities.com /Heartland/Ranch/8882/d111.htm (682 words)

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