Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 199
... fact that lends at least some support to Butler's belief that the old school tie was a valuable asset . One of Grant's biographers who blamed Butler for " assigning " the second Petersburg movement to Smith instead of making it ...
... fact that lends at least some support to Butler's belief that the old school tie was a valuable asset . One of Grant's biographers who blamed Butler for " assigning " the second Petersburg movement to Smith instead of making it ...
Page 200
... fact that his troops were march- ing during a warmer part of the day than was necessary . On another day , when the heat was not much greater , a division commander reported that three of his men had died of sunstroke and 30 ambulances ...
... fact that his troops were march- ing during a warmer part of the day than was necessary . On another day , when the heat was not much greater , a division commander reported that three of his men had died of sunstroke and 30 ambulances ...
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... facts in the constitutional manner ; we have brought the criminal to your bar , and demand judgment for his so great ... fact the chief manager . He carried the brunt of the prosecution , presenting the managers ' witnesses , cross ...
... facts in the constitutional manner ; we have brought the criminal to your bar , and demand judgment for his so great ... fact the chief manager . He carried the brunt of the prosecution , presenting the managers ' witnesses , cross ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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