Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... supplies . When he did leave Annapolis it would be , he added , at his own convenience , not at the will of anybody else . Remarking to the mayor that the Eighth Regiment was not provisioned for a long stay in the field , Butler asked ...
... supplies . When he did leave Annapolis it would be , he added , at his own convenience , not at the will of anybody else . Remarking to the mayor that the Eighth Regiment was not provisioned for a long stay in the field , Butler asked ...
Page 152
... supply the wants of the city . " 10 To avoid having to stop the procurement of supplies he pretended to be unaware of the fact that his passes were being abused by a few persons to send things to General Lovell's troops , encamped not ...
... supply the wants of the city . " 10 To avoid having to stop the procurement of supplies he pretended to be unaware of the fact that his passes were being abused by a few persons to send things to General Lovell's troops , encamped not ...
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... supplies , we can hold against the whole of Lee's army . I have ordered up the supplies . . . . General Grant will not be troubled with any reinforcements to Lee from Beauregard's force.8 He wrote to his wife on May 11 : " We shall ...
... supplies , we can hold against the whole of Lee's army . I have ordered up the supplies . . . . General Grant will not be troubled with any reinforcements to Lee from Beauregard's force.8 He wrote to his wife on May 11 : " We shall ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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