Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 89
... possible trouble.28 Despite this answer Butler believed to the end of his life that his offer to Hicks allayed fears that " the troops of anti - slavery Massachusetts had . . . come to Maryland to inaugurate a servile war or promote a ...
... possible trouble.28 Despite this answer Butler believed to the end of his life that his offer to Hicks allayed fears that " the troops of anti - slavery Massachusetts had . . . come to Maryland to inaugurate a servile war or promote a ...
Page 130
... . Welles insisted that plans for the New Orleans expedition be kept secret even from the Secretary of War as long as possible to prevent them from being broadcast by the press . 130 Stormy Petrel : General Benjamin F. Butler.
... . Welles insisted that plans for the New Orleans expedition be kept secret even from the Secretary of War as long as possible to prevent them from being broadcast by the press . 130 Stormy Petrel : General Benjamin F. Butler.
Page 155
... possible to the place where the crime was committed . The South proclaimed Mumford a martyr and called his exe- cution an atrocity . The Confederate government inquired offi- cially about the matter , but Butler refused to answer the ...
... possible to the place where the crime was committed . The South proclaimed Mumford a martyr and called his exe- cution an atrocity . The Confederate government inquired offi- cially about the matter , but Butler refused to answer the ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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