Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 123
... immediately abandoned Fort Ocracoke , at Ocracoke Inlet , about 20 miles south of Hatteras Inlet , whereupon a party from the U.S.S. Pawnee spiked the 22 cannon there and des- troyed a large amount of matériel . It also put an immediate ...
... immediately abandoned Fort Ocracoke , at Ocracoke Inlet , about 20 miles south of Hatteras Inlet , whereupon a party from the U.S.S. Pawnee spiked the 22 cannon there and des- troyed a large amount of matériel . It also put an immediate ...
Page 150
... immediate resignation of everybody connected with the city gov- ernment . A councilman argued that a mass resignation was a matter to be decided collectively . Butler told the city officials to discuss the thing among themselves ...
... immediate resignation of everybody connected with the city gov- ernment . A councilman argued that a mass resignation was a matter to be decided collectively . Butler told the city officials to discuss the thing among themselves ...
Page 207
... immediate assault . " Butler was as optimistic about the thing as the experts were . He believed the gasses generated by the burning gunpowder might make it impossible for the men in the fort to breathe and that enough damage would be ...
... immediate assault . " Butler was as optimistic about the thing as the experts were . He believed the gasses generated by the burning gunpowder might make it impossible for the men in the fort to breathe and that enough damage would be ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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