Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... seemed unlikely he could be 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 ...
... seemed unlikely he could be 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 ...
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... seemed , gladly consented to Andrew's request to postpone active recruiting in Massachusetts until Sherman's needs should have been more nearly met than was just then the case . In the mean- time Butler decided to see what he could ...
... seemed , gladly consented to Andrew's request to postpone active recruiting in Massachusetts until Sherman's needs should have been more nearly met than was just then the case . In the mean- time Butler decided to see what he could ...
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... seemed likely to begin at any minute . If there had been such a war Butler thought the United States would have won an easy victory . To judge from his autobiography he was more than a little disappointed by the peaceful settlement of ...
... seemed likely to begin at any minute . If there had been such a war Butler thought the United States would have won an easy victory . To judge from his autobiography he was more than a little disappointed by the peaceful settlement of ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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