Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 33
Page 134
... decided to send the expedition forward with 18,000 troops . Early in February , Butler went to Washington to get his final orders . Their delivery was delayed longer than he thought rea- sonable so he wrote to the Secretary of War about ...
... decided to send the expedition forward with 18,000 troops . Early in February , Butler went to Washington to get his final orders . Their delivery was delayed longer than he thought rea- sonable so he wrote to the Secretary of War about ...
Page 198
... decided his force was too weak to perform the mission he had assumed , and retired without even attempting an assault . Actually he could almost have walked into Petersburg for his troops outnumbered the city's defenders by at least two ...
... decided his force was too weak to perform the mission he had assumed , and retired without even attempting an assault . Actually he could almost have walked into Petersburg for his troops outnumbered the city's defenders by at least two ...
Page 290
... decided to lay the burden of op- posing Butler upon Henry L. Pierce . Suddenly , two days before the nominating convention was to be held , Pierce told the State Committee he would not run . He recommended Congressman George D. Robinson ...
... decided to lay the burden of op- posing Butler upon Henry L. Pierce . Suddenly , two days before the nominating convention was to be held , Pierce told the State Committee he would not run . He recommended Congressman George D. Robinson ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
22 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln American Andrew Johnson Annapolis April Army asked Atlantic Monthly Baltimore believed Ben Butler Benjamin F Blaine Book A. M. Thayer Butler's Book A. M. called campaign candidate Carolina Civil Colonel committee Company Boston Confederate Congress Constitution convention Court delegates Democratic Department Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar election expedition Farragut federal Fort Fisher Fortress Monroe forts George Governor Andrew Grant Gulf Hatteras Inlet Henry Hoar House Ibid impeachment James John Johnson labor later letter Lincoln Lowell March Maryland Massachusetts mayor ment Mifflin and Company military militia Mississippi Moorfield Storey Navy Negroes nominated North Orleans party persons Petersburg platform political Porter President Radicals railroad Regiment Republican River Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent Ship Island slavery slaves soldiers soon South Stanton ten-hour thing thought tion told troops Union Union Armies United Virginia vote Washington Weitzel William wrote yellow fever York