Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... received a telegram from General Scott , reading : Sir : Your hazardous occupation of Baltimore was made with- out my consent and , of course , without my approbation . It is a godsend that it was without conflict of arms . It is also ...
... received a telegram from General Scott , reading : Sir : Your hazardous occupation of Baltimore was made with- out my consent and , of course , without my approbation . It is a godsend that it was without conflict of arms . It is also ...
Page 100
... received him coldly and kept him standing while listening to a sharp rebuke . Soon finding his stock of patience exhausted , Butler turned upon Scott and con- cluded a series of unflattering remarks by saying he had not re- ported about ...
... received him coldly and kept him standing while listening to a sharp rebuke . Soon finding his stock of patience exhausted , Butler turned upon Scott and con- cluded a series of unflattering remarks by saying he had not re- ported about ...
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... received . To prevent governmental agencies from competing with each other Butler or- dered wages to be regulated so that unskilled Negroes could not earn more as laborers than they could as soldiers . Having heard that white officers ...
... received . To prevent governmental agencies from competing with each other Butler or- dered wages to be regulated so that unskilled Negroes could not earn more as laborers than they could as soldiers . Having heard that white officers ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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