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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 2: early political action and military training. (search)
And Captain Zephaniah fought with Stark at Bennington. Then followed the Revolution, from 1775 to 1783, and one of my uncles was at Bunker Hill. The next generation saw the war of 1812 with Great Britain. In this war, my father, John Butler, commanded a company of light dragoons in the regular army. Next, in 1830, were the Spanish wars in Florida and the Gulf States, wherein General Taylor and General Jackson--then captains — so distinguished themselves. Next came the unpleasantness of 1861 to 1865, which, I think, in spite of the euphemism, might well be termed a war of our generation, and with which, it may be seen hereafter, I had somewhat to do. Therefore, believing that there could be no war in which a son of mine especially would not take a part in his generation, I had him educated at West Point, so that his efforts for his country might not be thwarted by the officers of the regular army because he was not of their nobility, and I required him to go into the field for
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 3: the Democracy in 1860. (search)
here were a sufficient number of States joining together for that purpose. But no declaration of his can be found to that effect until his speech in the Senate in 1861, wherein he asserted the doctrine, then first fully expounded, that there was an inherent right in the States of the Union, without being treasonable, peaceably toy that I did not believe in Horace Greeley's statesmanship or teachings in 1860, nor before or after. I shall not quote his insane ravings for immediate battle in 1861. The following are extracts from his editorials in 1860:-- [New York Tribune, Dec. 8, 1860.] . . . We again avow our deliberate conviction that whenever sd. I was not alarmed at this condition of things, because, as I have said, I had foreseen it. But I wished to know if there was any hope Washington scenes in 1861. 1. Pennsylvania Avenue looking towards Capitol. 2. War Department building before War. 3. Navy Department building before War. of relief therefrom. Accordingl
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 4: the call for troops. (search)
e assembly was beaten, men were forming, the lights were glancing, the academy was all lighted up, and it was quite evident that we were expected. We came to anchor and lay quiet. No guns were fired and no attack made, and the men Annapolis in 1861. were piled up on the deck so thickly that we could hardly pass among them without stepping upon them. After thinking the matter over carefully, I concluded to send somebody on shore to find out what all this meant. I selected Capt. Peter Haggfor cooking, and be taught how to cook and prepare their food. The militia regiments of to-day, if brought into tile field now, would be as helpless about their food in camp as was the Eighth Regiment on the parade ground of the Naval Academy, in 1861. A few days of the presence of our troops changed the minds of the governor and mayor, for within thirty days the mayor of Annapolis was an applicant for the place of post sutler. He did not get it from me, however. The governor changed the p
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 5: Baltimore and Fortress Monroe. (search)
giving some account of the condition of things in Washington, as to the state of mind and action of the executive and military officers there. In the winter of 1861, President Buchanan had thought it necessary to reorganize his cabinet, in whole or in part, in view of the threatened secession of the Southern States, as fears wagainst any such inference. After the 22d of April, Washington was never in any danger of being captured for the next Montgomery, Ala., showing State Capitol in 1861. from sketch made in 1861. two years, until Lee crossed the Potomac. Why it was not captured within ten days after Fort Sumter was fired upon has always since be1861. two years, until Lee crossed the Potomac. Why it was not captured within ten days after Fort Sumter was fired upon has always since been a subject of careful consideration on my part, and a thing which I have been entirely unable to understand. Davis must have known, and did know, that the firing on Sumter was as pronounced an act of war as was the battle of Gettysburg. Indeed, the Confederate Congress at Montgomery passed an act declaring war against the Un
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 8: from Hatteras to New Orleans. (search)
he vessel, the box just holding the plate and jack-screws in it. I then filled the box up with hot rosin, and when it cooled and became perfectly solid I did not believe that the hole would start again. I was so confident of it that I left off the outside plate at once, and no more water leaked in than would make a stream the size of a goose quill. And the Mississippi was run from Port Royal to Ship Island, and from Ship Island to New Orleans, and from New Orleans back to Ship Island in 1861: view of Island and fleet, Fort Massachusetts. View of Island from Fort. Boston before that hole was any further repaired, and it never gave way. Ship Island is an island of white sand thrown up by the winds and waves. It is between five and six miles long, and is about ten miles distant from the Mississippi coast. At the upper part of it there is some soil on which is a growth of pine which serves at once for the fuel and for the timber required. This eastern end of the island ris
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 10: the woman order, Mumford's execution, etc. (search)
rein prescribed. This action was concurred in by General Twiggs, then in command of the Confederate forces, and enforced by newspaper articles, published in the leading journals. This was one of the series of offensive measures which were undertaken by the mercantile community of New Orleans, of which a large portion were foreigners, and of which the complaint of Order No. 55 formed a part, in aid of the rebellion. The only cotton allowed to be shipped during the autumn and winter of 1861 and 1862, was by permits of Governor Moore, granted upon the express condition, that at least one-half in value should be returned in arms and munitions of war. In this traffic, almost the entire mercantile houses of New Orleans were engaged. Joint-stock companies were formed, shares issued, vessels bought, cargoes shipped, arms returned, immense profits realized; and the speculation and trading energy of the whole community was turned in this direction. It will be borne in mind that quite
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 11: military operations. (search)
ed States. So help me God! [Traduction.] Je, . . . . . . . . . ., jure solennellement autant qu'il sera en moi, de soutenir, de maintenir et de defendre la Constitution des Etats-Uris. Que Dieu me soit en aide! The general is sure that no foreign subject can object to this oath, as it is in the very words of the oath taken by every officer of the European Brigade, prescribed more than a year ago in Les reglements de la Legion Francaise, formee à la Nouvelle Orleans, le 26d'avril, 1861, as will be seen by the extract below, and claimed as an act of the strictest neutrality by the officers taking it, and, for more than a year, has passed by all the foreign consuls — so far as he is informed — without protest:-- Serment que doivent preter tous les officiers de la Legion Francaise. State of Louisiana, parish of Orleans. I,. . . . . . . . . . . ., do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of . . . . . . . . . . of the French Leg
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 12: administration of finances, politics, and justice.--recall. (search)
I got there without the aid of the negroes, and as soon as I came, the negroes came and told me everything they had done, and always truthfully. They told me where one banker had built up in the walls of his house a vault containing fifty thousand dollars. They told me whereto outside money had been sent; that the Dutch consul had eight hundred thousand Mexican dollars concealed in his consulate; that the French consul had some three or four millions in his; that some of Richmond, Va., in 1861, from a sketch. the banks had concealed large sums of money behind the altars of the churches and in the tombs. This left the currency of the people in the most horrible condition. Omnibus tickets, car tickets, drinking-house shinplasters and Confederate notes,--the latter depreciated some seventy per cent. by the capture of New Orleans,--were the only mediums of exchange of products. Of course it was my duty to stop the circulation of Confederate notes and money, because that circulatio
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 13: occupations in 1863; exchange of prisoners. (search)
ly tardy in all his movements. Was there ever such dog-day madness? As he [Scott] threw down the glove and I took it up, I presume war is declared. Be it so. I have one strong point, that I do not care one iota for my present position. McClellan's letter, Sept. 27, 1861. His story, page 91. I enclose a card just received from A. Lincoln. It shows too much deference to be seen outside. McClellan's letter, September, 1861. His story, page 91. At one time during the autumn of 1861, Secretary Cameron made quite an abolition speech to some newly arrived regiment. Next day Mr. Stanton urged me to arrest him for inciting insubordination. He often advocated the propriety of my seizing the government and taking affairs into my own hands. McClellan's letter. His story, page 152. Mr. Stanton's card came up, and as soon as possible I went down to see him. He told me that he had been appointed Secretary of War, and that his name had been sent to the Senate for confi
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 15: operations of the Army of the James around Richmond and Petersburg. (search)
such thing, and the letter does not bear that construction. He was seeking a quarrel, and proceeded to write me that he had moved troops longer than I had, and that he was my superior in that. As Smith had reported to me at Fortress Monroe in 1861 as a lieutenant of topographical engineers who had never commanded a man in his life except his servant, when I was a major-general in command of several thousand men, and had been moving large bodies of troops from Boston to Annapolis, from Annapuregard, Major-General. Military Operations of General Beauregard, Vol. II., p. 236 Mr. Greeley further says:-- And now, though the night was clear and the moon nearly full, Smith rested until morning, after the old but not good fashion of 1861-1862. Quoting further from Captain McCabe :-- Southern Historical Society Papers, Vol. II., No. 6, p 268. The prize was now within his [Smith's] grasp, had he boldly advanced, and the moon, shining brightly, favored such enterprise. B
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