Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... Bermuda Hundred In March , 1864 Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and put in command of all of the Union Armies . As an indirect result of this event Butler saw more front line service during the ensuing ...
... Bermuda Hundred In March , 1864 Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and put in command of all of the Union Armies . As an indirect result of this event Butler saw more front line service during the ensuing ...
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... Bermuda Hundred , the rest at City Point . Three days later Butler optimistically telegraphed to the Sec- retary of War : • Our operations may be summed up in a few words . . . . We have landed , intrenched ourselves , destroyed many ...
... Bermuda Hundred , the rest at City Point . Three days later Butler optimistically telegraphed to the Sec- retary of War : • Our operations may be summed up in a few words . . . . We have landed , intrenched ourselves , destroyed many ...
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... Bermuda Hundred . If one must agree with A. W. Alexander that " Butler's campaign was an utter failure , " one also agrees with Alexander that " it was a failure not merely because of Butler's military incapacity , but because the plan ...
... Bermuda Hundred . If one must agree with A. W. Alexander that " Butler's campaign was an utter failure , " one also agrees with Alexander that " it was a failure not merely because of Butler's military incapacity , but because the plan ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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