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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 309 19 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 309 19 Browse Search
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant 170 20 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 117 33 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 65 11 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 62 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 36 2 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 34 12 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 29 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 29 3 Browse Search
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imore. Mr. Lincoln had scarcely entered the White House, and sword fealty to Massachusetts, before a regiment from that State was sent to garrison Fort Monroe, and thus to outrage the feelings and insult the amor propre of Virginia. Finally Butler, the "hero of Massachusetts," even before the regular invasion of Virginia, was but in commend of Fort Monroe, and expected, of course, to insult and humiliate the Virginians to the utmost extent of his capacity. Afterwards, when New Orleans had been captured by the brave old navy of the country, again Massachusetts was thrust in the foreground, and Butler placed in command of the Gulf. Indeed, in every instance where "power" was to be won and money made in this war Massachusetts was in the advance, whether it was to carry off a state library, steal the swords of brave men, or plunder the property of non combatants. Well, it is all right. It is the only war she has ever supported, and let her claim its honors, in Heaven's name. But