Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) flag An argument settler--and starter--for Civil

An argument settler--and starter--for Civil War buffs who want to know which side had the better soldiers: Armies South

Nearly lost in national culture were the moral crusades over slavery that ignited the war

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

Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) flag An argument settler--and starter--for Civilby 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