Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... given command of a fleet of 20 schooners , each of which was to carry a 13 - inch mortar capable of firing a 285 pound shell . He promised that a 48 hour bombardment by these huge guns would render Forts St. Philip and Jackson un ...
... given command of a fleet of 20 schooners , each of which was to carry a 13 - inch mortar capable of firing a 285 pound shell . He promised that a 48 hour bombardment by these huge guns would render Forts St. Philip and Jackson un ...
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... given the equiva- 9 Butler to Mrs. Butler , July 15 and July 28 , 1862 , as quoted in Jesse Ames Marshall ( Compiler ) , Private and Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler ( Privately issued [ Boston , 1917 ] ) , II , 79 ...
... given the equiva- 9 Butler to Mrs. Butler , July 15 and July 28 , 1862 , as quoted in Jesse Ames Marshall ( Compiler ) , Private and Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler ( Privately issued [ Boston , 1917 ] ) , II , 79 ...
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... given by the Grants in 1866. Without offering to apologize for either of these things Grant told Wilkes that no offense had been meant by them . Wilkes relayed this word to Butler and took him to call on Grant at the White House . The ...
... given by the Grants in 1866. Without offering to apologize for either of these things Grant told Wilkes that no offense had been meant by them . Wilkes relayed this word to Butler and took him to call on Grant at the White House . The ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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