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Benjamin Franklin Butler : a noisy, fearless life / Elizabeth D. Leonard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leonard, Elizabeth D., author.
- Series:
- Civil War America.
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- Civil War America
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893.
- Butler, Benjamin F.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (393 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans, Butler reemerges in this narrative as a man whose journey took him from destitution to wealth and influence.
- Contents:
- A Life Begins: 1818-1840
- Butler's Antebellum Journey: 1840-1860
- Into the Civil War: 1861-April 1862
- New Orleans: April-December 1862
- To Virginia and Beyond: 1863-1865
- Reconstruction Congressman: 1865-1874
- The Road to the Massachusetts State House: 1875-1882
- The Final Journey: 1883-1893.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 29, 2023).
- Previously issued in print: 2022.
- ISBN:
- 9798890852854
- 9798890852861
- 9781469668048
- 1469668041
- OCLC:
- 1303666038
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