Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... Lincoln and General Winfield Scott had already conferred about the problem of getting more troops to Washing- ton in view of what had happened in Baltimore . Scott had sug- gested bringing them around Baltimore so Lincoln diplomatically ...
... Lincoln and General Winfield Scott had already conferred about the problem of getting more troops to Washing- ton in view of what had happened in Baltimore . Scott had sug- gested bringing them around Baltimore so Lincoln diplomatically ...
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... Lincoln for Butler effectively to have been demoted on the eve of the nominating con- vention . At the worst an ... Lincoln's cautious and moderate policy and more or less openly insisted upon his either adopting sterner measures or ...
... Lincoln for Butler effectively to have been demoted on the eve of the nominating con- vention . At the worst an ... Lincoln's cautious and moderate policy and more or less openly insisted upon his either adopting sterner measures or ...
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... Lincoln in 1864 , " Atlantic Monthly , March 1878 , Vol . XLI . " Lincoln's Triumph in 1864 , " Atlantic Monthly , April 1878 , Vol . XLI . Diary of Gideon Welles . ( 3 vols . ) Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company , 1911 . Wesley ...
... Lincoln in 1864 , " Atlantic Monthly , March 1878 , Vol . XLI . " Lincoln's Triumph in 1864 , " Atlantic Monthly , April 1878 , Vol . XLI . Diary of Gideon Welles . ( 3 vols . ) Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company , 1911 . Wesley ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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