Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... issued a proclamation calling 75,000 militiamen into the service of the United States , and Senator Henry Wilson had telegraphed to Governor Andrew that Massachusetts would be asked to send four companies to Washington . As soon as ...
... issued a proclamation calling 75,000 militiamen into the service of the United States , and Senator Henry Wilson had telegraphed to Governor Andrew that Massachusetts would be asked to send four companies to Washington . As soon as ...
Page 99
... issued . Therefore , he always argued that he was the senior in his rank . However , similar com- missions subsequently issued to George B. McClellan and John C. Frémont were antedated to May 14 , making them technically senior to ...
... issued . Therefore , he always argued that he was the senior in his rank . However , similar com- missions subsequently issued to George B. McClellan and John C. Frémont were antedated to May 14 , making them technically senior to ...
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... issued General Order No. 28 , reading : As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women ( calling themselves ladies ) of New Orleans , in return for the most scrupulous non ...
... issued General Order No. 28 , reading : As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women ( calling themselves ladies ) of New Orleans , in return for the most scrupulous non ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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