Benjamin F. Potts
United States Army general during Civil War
Died when: 51 years 139 days (616 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Benjamin Franklin Potts (January 29, 1836 – June 17, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier from the state of Ohio who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, as well as a postbellum governor of the Montana Territory from 1870 to 1883.
He commanded a brigade of infantry in the Western Theater in some of the war's most important campaigns and repeatedly received commendations for gallantry and tactical judgement in combat.
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