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... Butler on the morning of Friday , April 14 , 1865 , entrained for his home in Lowell , Massa- chusetts . He was in Jersey City when news of the assassination reached him . Years later - after Ben Butler's death - the New York Tribune ...
... Butler on the morning of Friday , April 14 , 1865 , entrained for his home in Lowell , Massa- chusetts . He was in Jersey City when news of the assassination reached him . Years later - after Ben Butler's death - the New York Tribune ...
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Milton Lomask. and war came , Butler found himself beyond the pale , politically speaking . Now it was that he demonstrated his capacity for self- rehabilitation . Overnight , in a remarkable political somersault , Butler cast off his ...
Milton Lomask. and war came , Butler found himself beyond the pale , politically speaking . Now it was that he demonstrated his capacity for self- rehabilitation . Overnight , in a remarkable political somersault , Butler cast off his ...
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... Butler was equal to the occasion . He discovered that the slaves ' owner had been using them to help build Confederate fortifications . Ergo , as property , the three Negroes were " con- traband " of war and would not be returned . The ...
... Butler was equal to the occasion . He discovered that the slaves ' owner had been using them to help build Confederate fortifications . Ergo , as property , the three Negroes were " con- traband " of war and would not be returned . The ...
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THE VICE PRESIDENT | 3 |
THE RADICALS | 35 |
OF HOPES DEFERRED | 49 |
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