Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 96
... called for complete silence in the ranks and forbade any shooting without specific orders from an officer . If anyone fired at the troops a halt would be called and the building or buildings from which the shots came would be burned to ...
... called for complete silence in the ranks and forbade any shooting without specific orders from an officer . If anyone fired at the troops a halt would be called and the building or buildings from which the shots came would be burned to ...
Page 272
... called upon the mayor of Worcester to use the police reserves and , if necessary , the militia to clear the place . The mayor did not think the circumstances justified the bloodshed he knew would result from the use of force so he ...
... called upon the mayor of Worcester to use the police reserves and , if necessary , the militia to clear the place . The mayor did not think the circumstances justified the bloodshed he knew would result from the use of force so he ...
Page 293
... called from the hotel to address an enormous and spontaneous street gathering . ( One observer estimated the size of the crowd as 20,000 persons ; it was at least big enough to stop all traffic in the vicinity of the Palmer House . ) He ...
... called from the hotel to address an enormous and spontaneous street gathering . ( One observer estimated the size of the crowd as 20,000 persons ; it was at least big enough to stop all traffic in the vicinity of the Palmer House . ) He ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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