Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... given a college education — a necessary preparation for the ministry . However , not long before the end of his last year in grade school a family consultation was held and it was decided that he should be sent to Phillips Exeter ...
... given a college education — a necessary preparation for the ministry . However , not long before the end of his last year in grade school a family consultation was held and it was decided that he should be sent to Phillips Exeter ...
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... given for the Eighth , the Union , Old Essex [ County ] , . . . and for a time the most thrilling excitement pervaded the large concourse . The troops ... 12 Pearson , op . cit . , I , 188 ; Sarah Forbes Hughes , Letters and Recol ...
... given for the Eighth , the Union , Old Essex [ County ] , . . . and for a time the most thrilling excitement pervaded the large concourse . The troops ... 12 Pearson , op . cit . , I , 188 ; Sarah Forbes Hughes , Letters and Recol ...
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... given his consent , Lincoln per- mitted Cameron to authorize Butler to raise and prepare such New England troops as he might judge fit for the purpose of making " an expedition along the eastern shore of Virginia to Cape Charles ...
... given his consent , Lincoln per- mitted Cameron to authorize Butler to raise and prepare such New England troops as he might judge fit for the purpose of making " an expedition along the eastern shore of Virginia to Cape Charles ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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