Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 83
... Butler had planned to land his men quietly and he hoped to have control of the town by the time its 17 Butler to Andrew , April 20 , 1861 ; POC , I , 20 . residents awoke . However , as his vessel entered the Off to the Wars 83.
... Butler had planned to land his men quietly and he hoped to have control of the town by the time its 17 Butler to Andrew , April 20 , 1861 ; POC , I , 20 . residents awoke . However , as his vessel entered the Off to the Wars 83.
Page 99
... hoped someday to do with 12,000 men , so he ignored it despite its peremptory closing words . Nothing else Butler did during the Civil War was more heart- ily applauded than his Baltimore coup . Soon after it occurred he was promoted to ...
... hoped someday to do with 12,000 men , so he ignored it despite its peremptory closing words . Nothing else Butler did during the Civil War was more heart- ily applauded than his Baltimore coup . Soon after it occurred he was promoted to ...
Page 268
... hoped would be a damaging exposé . If anything Butler glorified , rather than apologized for , his part in securing higher salaries for members of Congress . The editors of the Atlantic Monthly regarded Butler's cam- paign and the ...
... hoped would be a damaging exposé . If anything Butler glorified , rather than apologized for , his part in securing higher salaries for members of Congress . The editors of the Atlantic Monthly regarded Butler's cam- paign and the ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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