Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) flag 400 identified Confederates

400 identified Confederates

and a court-martial packed with compliant officers dismissed him for disobedience of orders and misconduct before the enemy

revealing how he managed the men who ran the naval side of the Civil War

Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation

Snell provides an intriguing interpretation of some neglected military aspects of the battle

Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) flag 400 identified Confederatesby Elizabeth D. Leonard 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