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Charles Ray Brayton

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Charles Ray Brayton

Birth
Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
23 Sep 1910 (aged 70)
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Group 294, Lot 11
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Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, then as Chief of Artillery for the Department of the South. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". After the war he became a prominent Rhode Island Republican politic boss, and controlled state politics and political patronage with businessman Marsden J. Perry and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, then as Chief of Artillery for the Department of the South. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". After the war he became a prominent Rhode Island Republican politic boss, and controlled state politics and political patronage with businessman Marsden J. Perry and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich.

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  • Originally Created by: RPD2
  • Added: Apr 8, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7339642/charles_ray-brayton: accessed ), memorial page for Charles Ray Brayton (16 Aug 1840–23 Sep 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7339642, citing Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.