Charles Jackson Paine

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Charles Jackson Paine
August 26, 1833 – August 12, 1916
General Charles J. Paine
Place of birth	Boston
Place of death	Weston

Charles Jackson Paine (1833-1916) was an American soldier and yachtsman, born in Boston. He graduated at Harvard in 1853 and made a considerable fortune in railroad enterprises. In 1861 he entered the Federal service as a captain in the Twenty-second Massachusetts. The next year he was sent to Ship Island, Miss., and in October was commissioned colonel of the Second Louisiana Volunteers, a negro regiment. During the siege of Port Hudson (May 24-July 8, 1863) he commanded a division. On March 4, 1864, he resigned, but the following July again entered the service as a brigadier general, and on September 29 led a division of negro troops at New Market Heights, located south of Richmond. On January 15, 1866, he was brevetted major general of volunteers. During his later years he took a great interest in yachting and was owner of the Puritan, the Mayflower, and the Volunteer, each of which successfully defended the America's cup against a British challenger.