Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 94
... soon as enough men could be spared from the force defending Wash- ington . Butler did not entirely approve of this scheme , though he did not openly criticize it when it was described to him as potential leader of one of the columns ...
... soon as enough men could be spared from the force defending Wash- ington . Butler did not entirely approve of this scheme , though he did not openly criticize it when it was described to him as potential leader of one of the columns ...
Page 171
... soon going to have a new commanding officer . When the story finally broke into print Butler wrote to Halleck , who was now general in chief of the Union Armies : " I learn from the secession newspapers that I am to be relieved of my ...
... soon going to have a new commanding officer . When the story finally broke into print Butler wrote to Halleck , who was now general in chief of the Union Armies : " I learn from the secession newspapers that I am to be relieved of my ...
Page 272
... soon reconsidered what they had done and returned by means of a ladder and a second story window , thus avoiding the policemen at the doors . The mayor finally de- cided that he had no legal right to disturb anyone and departed from the ...
... soon reconsidered what they had done and returned by means of a ladder and a second story window , thus avoiding the policemen at the doors . The mayor finally de- cided that he had no legal right to disturb anyone and departed from the ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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