Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... reasons . As a young man , he explained , he " became socially intimate with a very able and very accom- plished physician of ... reason . His own words , spoken on this occasion , are supposed to have converted him into a ten - hour law ...
... reasons . As a young man , he explained , he " became socially intimate with a very able and very accom- plished physician of ... reason . His own words , spoken on this occasion , are supposed to have converted him into a ten - hour law ...
Page 178
... reasons for my being relieved from command in New Orleans and on what account it was done . " Halleck claimed to know nothing about the reason Butler had been relieved , but said , unequivocally , " It was 178 The Army of the James.
... reasons for my being relieved from command in New Orleans and on what account it was done . " Halleck claimed to know nothing about the reason Butler had been relieved , but said , unequivocally , " It was 178 The Army of the James.
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... reason to doubt that Grant did any heavy drinking during the Civil War . The Reverend John Eaton , who saw much of Grant in 1864 , emphat- ically stated his " belief that after Grant's return to the army all reports of his drunkenness ...
... reason to doubt that Grant did any heavy drinking during the Civil War . The Reverend John Eaton , who saw much of Grant in 1864 , emphat- ically stated his " belief that after Grant's return to the army all reports of his drunkenness ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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