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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 4: the call for troops. (search)
he war, published a book in 1869, entitled The history of Massachusetts in the civil War, in which he relates with great particularity, all that he claims was done in Massachusetts to prepare her to take her illustrious part in the contest, which was begun on the 11th of April, 1861. It is well known that an unfortunate variance of opinion occurred between Governor Andrew and myself, arising out of an offer of the services of myself and troops to Governor Hicks, of Maryland, on the 21st day of April, 1861, when at the capital of Maryland, to put down a threatened negro insurrection. Of that I shall speak hereafter more at length. In consequence of this antagonism, Schouler makes no mention of any efforts of myself or my friend, Colonel Jones, to put the troops in perfect order, or to have anything done which would enable the Massachusetts troops to be first of all to get into the field. The military correspondence of Governor Andrew was so manipulated, presumably after his death,