Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... nearly six feet tall , and was able when nearly 80 years old to carry herself erectly , although she had to walk with a cane . An imperious person , with " a most inflexible will , " who rarely yielded to others but made them do things ...
... nearly six feet tall , and was able when nearly 80 years old to carry herself erectly , although she had to walk with a cane . An imperious person , with " a most inflexible will , " who rarely yielded to others but made them do things ...
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... nearly a week the only communication be- tween the capital and the rest of the country was by means of couriers and they had great trouble traveling through Maryland . One day President Lincoln said to some members of the Sixth ...
... nearly a week the only communication be- tween the capital and the rest of the country was by means of couriers and they had great trouble traveling through Maryland . One day President Lincoln said to some members of the Sixth ...
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... nearly three years . None of the commanding officers on either side knew anything about military sanitation because no such science then existed . Lacking such knowledge the various commanders had permitted open ditches to be used as ...
... nearly three years . None of the commanding officers on either side knew anything about military sanitation because no such science then existed . Lacking such knowledge the various commanders had permitted open ditches to be used as ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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