Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 79
... President Lincoln and General Winfield Scott had already conferred about the problem of getting more troops to Washing- ton in view of what had happened in Baltimore . Scott had sug- gested bringing them around Baltimore so Lincoln ...
... President Lincoln and General Winfield Scott had already conferred about the problem of getting more troops to Washing- ton in view of what had happened in Baltimore . Scott had sug- gested bringing them around Baltimore so Lincoln ...
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... President Johnson was a bad man who needed to be watched . There was also the matter of impeachment to be considered , But- ler reminded his colleagues . Nobody could accuse him of not living up to his campaign and postelection promises ...
... President Johnson was a bad man who needed to be watched . There was also the matter of impeachment to be considered , But- ler reminded his colleagues . Nobody could accuse him of not living up to his campaign and postelection promises ...
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... President's claim that the Tenure of Office Act did not protect Stanton because he had been appointed by Lincoln , Butler argued that Johnson was not serving a term of his own but was merely an acting President until the expiration of ...
... President's claim that the Tenure of Office Act did not protect Stanton because he had been appointed by Lincoln , Butler argued that Johnson was not serving a term of his own but was merely an acting President until the expiration of ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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