Capt Gerald Butler

Capt. Gerald Butler of the Massachusetts State Guard is the former curator of Fort Warren and Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, and Fort Rodman, New Bedford. He has published The Military History of Boston's Harbor Islands (Arcadia), Military Annals of Nahant, Massachusetts, The Guns of Boston Harbor, and numerous periodicals on seacoast fortifications. He serves as a consultant to military museums and state parks and was the former historian for U.S. Navy mine warfare units in New England. His...See more

Capt. Gerald Butler of the Massachusetts State Guard is the former curator of Fort Warren and Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, and Fort Rodman, New Bedford. He has published The Military History of Boston's Harbor Islands (Arcadia), Military Annals of Nahant, Massachusetts, The Guns of Boston Harbor, and numerous periodicals on seacoast fortifications. He serves as a consultant to military museums and state parks and was the former historian for U.S. Navy mine warfare units in New England. His illustrations of seacoast weapons and fortifications are published worldwide. He resides in Nahant. See less