Benjamin F. Potts
Politician
1836 – 1887
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Who was Benjamin F. Potts?
Benjamin Franklin Potts was a 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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- Born
- Jan 29, 1836
Fox Township - Also known as
- Benjamin Potts
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jun 17, 1887
Helena
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on July 23, 2013
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