Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... sent Hoar and Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe to Washington to investigate the health and welfare of the Massa- chusetts troops . Dr. Howe , who thought there was more need of a health officer than of a chaplain , bemoaned the fact that the ...
... sent Hoar and Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe to Washington to investigate the health and welfare of the Massa- chusetts troops . Dr. Howe , who thought there was more need of a health officer than of a chaplain , bemoaned the fact that the ...
Page 99
... sent a detachment to Frederick ; but this is impossible . Not a word have I received from you as to either movement . Let me hear from you . ' 15 Butler did not think this sort of message ought to have been sent to an officer who had ...
... sent a detachment to Frederick ; but this is impossible . Not a word have I received from you as to either movement . Let me hear from you . ' 15 Butler did not think this sort of message ought to have been sent to an officer who had ...
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... sent a “ friend and aide - de - campe " to the Secretary of War with a letter saying : I have just received an order from General Scott transferring the command of the Department of Annapolis to General [ George C. ] Cadwallader , and ...
... sent a “ friend and aide - de - campe " to the Secretary of War with a letter saying : I have just received an order from General Scott transferring the command of the Department of Annapolis to General [ George C. ] Cadwallader , and ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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