Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 192
... Richmond being your objective point . . . . When you are notified to move , take City Point with as much force as possible . Fortify , or rather intrench , at once , and concentrate all your troops for the field there as rapidly as you ...
... Richmond being your objective point . . . . When you are notified to move , take City Point with as much force as possible . Fortify , or rather intrench , at once , and concentrate all your troops for the field there as rapidly as you ...
Page 193
... Richmond he was at least to detain as large a Confederate force as possible . Although the possession of Petersburgh ( ten miles southwest of City Point ) was essential to the security of any Union force op- erating along the south side ...
... Richmond he was at least to detain as large a Confederate force as possible . Although the possession of Petersburgh ( ten miles southwest of City Point ) was essential to the security of any Union force op- erating along the south side ...
Page 194
... Richmond , except by a very large force , without first capturing Petersburg . While Petersburg remained in the hands of the enemy , a large force would be necessary to protect the flank and rear of an army moving from Bermuda Hundred ...
... Richmond , except by a very large force , without first capturing Petersburg . While Petersburg remained in the hands of the enemy , a large force would be necessary to protect the flank and rear of an army moving from Bermuda Hundred ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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