Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 94
... force defending Wash- ington . Butler did not entirely approve of this scheme , though he did not openly criticize it when it was described to him as potential leader of one of the columns . He thought Baltimore could be occupied and ...
... force defending Wash- ington . Butler did not entirely approve of this scheme , though he did not openly criticize it when it was described to him as potential leader of one of the columns . He thought Baltimore could be occupied and ...
Page 192
... force as possible . Fortify , or rather intrench , at once , and concentrate all your troops for the field there as rapidly as you can . From City Point directions cannot be given you at this time for your further movements . The fact ...
... force as possible . Fortify , or rather intrench , at once , and concentrate all your troops for the field there as rapidly as you can . From City Point directions cannot be given you at this time for your further movements . The fact ...
Page 194
... 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 to Richmond . The force un- der ...
... 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 to Richmond . The force un- der ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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