Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... Union . A Texas fire - eater moved that this proposition be referred to the convention of the Constitutional Union party which was soon to meet in Baltimore . Butler hotly informed the Texan that he could not insult a man from Massa ...
... Union . A Texas fire - eater moved that this proposition be referred to the convention of the Constitutional Union party which was soon to meet in Baltimore . Butler hotly informed the Texan that he could not insult a man from Massa ...
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... Union . troops after four hours of fighting . The Union casualties were 18 killed , 53 wounded , and 5 missing ; the Confederates had one man killed ( the first one on their side who died in action ) and 7 wounded . A year later such a ...
... Union . troops after four hours of fighting . The Union casualties were 18 killed , 53 wounded , and 5 missing ; the Confederates had one man killed ( the first one on their side who died in action ) and 7 wounded . A year later such a ...
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... Union Armies . As an indirect result of this event Butler saw more front line service during the ensuing nine months than he did in all the rest of the war together . Grant had concluded , long before he became general in chief , " that ...
... Union Armies . As an indirect result of this event Butler saw more front line service during the ensuing nine months than he did in all the rest of the war together . Grant had concluded , long before he became general in chief , " that ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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