have two sons: John Palfrey and Quentin Palfrey, who was a candidate for Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor in 2018. See also List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) List of Massachusetts generals in the American Civil War Massachusetts in the American Civil War Notes References Eicher, John H. and Eicher, David J. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R. Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. . External links Francis Winthrop Palfrey at Our Family Tree 1831 births 1889 deaths 19th-century American historians 19th-century American male writers American archivists American male non-fiction writers Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery Harvard Law School alumni Historians from Massachusetts Historians of the American Civil War People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War Union Army colonels Writers from Boston