Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... South America and first President of the Republic of Bolivia . In later years John Butler was occasionally described as having been a pirate . His son Ben- jamin wrote : " My father's services on the South American coast , under a ...
... South America and first President of the Republic of Bolivia . In later years John Butler was occasionally described as having been a pirate . His son Ben- jamin wrote : " My father's services on the South American coast , under a ...
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... south- erners present what action their section intended to take in view of Abraham Lincoln's election . Most of them answered that their states would soon follow the example of South Carolina and secede from the Union . Butler then ...
... south- erners present what action their section intended to take in view of Abraham Lincoln's election . Most of them answered that their states would soon follow the example of South Carolina and secede from the Union . Butler then ...
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... south side of the city , with its left resting on the James , Grant would form a junction between the Armies of the James and the Potomac . Butler was , in any event , to secure a foothold as far up the south side of the James as he ...
... south side of the city , with its left resting on the James , Grant would form a junction between the Armies of the James and the Potomac . Butler was , in any event , to secure a foothold as far up the south side of the James as he ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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