Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Civil War America |
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Civil War America (Series)
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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 |
Summary |
"Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and 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 during the war, Butler reemerges in this lively narrative as a man whose journey took him from childhood destitution to wealth and profound influence in state and national halls of power. Prize-winning biographer Elizabeth Leonard chronicles Butler's successful career in the law defending the rights of the Lowell Mill girls and other workers, his achievements as one of Abraham Lincoln's premier civilian generals, and his role in developing wartime policy in support of slavery's fugitives as the nation advanced toward emancipation"-- Provided by publisher |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2022) |
Subject |
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893.
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SUBJECT |
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
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Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 fast |
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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Statesmen
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Generals
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SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140214
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Subject |
United States
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781469668062 |
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1469668068 |
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9781469668055 |
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146966805X |
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