Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... crossing of the Susque- hanna River could be impeded and the necessity of passing through Baltimore - a city many northerners feared would sympathize with the South if it ever came to actual fighting . The sea route did not look much ...
... crossing of the Susque- hanna River could be impeded and the necessity of passing through Baltimore - a city many northerners feared would sympathize with the South if it ever came to actual fighting . The sea route did not look much ...
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... crossed the bars and entered the Mississippi on April 7. A week later Farragut notified Butler that the fleet would be ready to start upstream the following day . Butler immediately embarked eight regiments and three batteries in five ...
... crossed the bars and entered the Mississippi on April 7. A week later Farragut notified Butler that the fleet would be ready to start upstream the following day . Butler immediately embarked eight regiments and three batteries in five ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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