Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... Point - perhaps he thought he might get a chance to shoot a few Britishers . He probably could have secured an appointment to the Military Academy from Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts or Isaac Hill of New Hampshire , two of his father's ...
... Point - perhaps he thought he might get a chance to shoot a few Britishers . He probably could have secured an appointment to the Military Academy from Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts or Isaac Hill of New Hampshire , two of his father's ...
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... point to be taken . To anyone with the eye of a soldier it was obvious , on even a slight examination , that no movement from City Point , or even Ber- muda Hundred [ a neck of land across the James from City 5 Theodore F. Dwight ...
... point to be taken . To anyone with the eye of a soldier it was obvious , on even a slight examination , that no movement from City Point , or even Ber- muda Hundred [ a neck of land across the James from City 5 Theodore F. Dwight ...
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... Point to protect the troops as they landed . However , this precaution proved to be unnecessary for the Confederates offered no opposition ; they had been taken completely by surprise . Such trouble as was experienced was caused by the ...
... Point to protect the troops as they landed . However , this precaution proved to be unnecessary for the Confederates offered no opposition ; they had been taken completely by surprise . Such trouble as was experienced was caused by the ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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