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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)
I suppose I can detail any brigadier, said the governor. So do I, said I. While this conversation was going on, the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, Gen. Henry K. Oliver, came into the governor's room, and after salutation, said:-- Governor, as you requested, I have been examining the condition of the affairs of the trevery considerably, and we understand by the telegram that there is great urgency for haste in getting troops to Washington. The governor said: What shall we do? Oliver answered: We shall have to call a meeting of the legislature, and get an appropriation, but that will delay matters considerably. Perhaps we can use our current wealth, and that the other banks will answer drafts to that amount, and he recommends that I be selected as the brigadier to take command. Here is his letter. Oliver said:-- Well, Governor, as General Butler has found the means to go, I think he ought to go. I don't know but he had, said the governor; I will take it into
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
inth New Jersey, position at Drury's bluff, 663. Norfolk, Union forces occupy, 617; Butler confers with Porter at, 785; goods received and examined at, 843; yellow fever prevented, 847; needy assisted, 848; Shepley sent to Fortress Monroe, 871. North Anna, reference to battle of, 710. Northumberland Co., Va., Confederate scouts in, 785. Nottingham Square, Butler goes to school at, 44-46. O Odell investigates causes of Butler's removal, 833; Butler's answer to, 833. Oliver, Gen. H. K., 172. One Hundred and Forty-Eighth New York Volunteers' expedition into Chesapeake Bay, 617. Orr, South Carolina secession commissioner, 156. Ord, Major-General, Butler's order to, regarding movement to surprise Confederate forces around Richmond, 722-730; starts on expedition, 730; captures Fort Harrison, 733-734; wounded, 734; reference, 738; ordered to relieve Butler in command, 828; accompanies Butler to Fortress Monroe, 828; report to Grant, 829; opinion of Butler, 829; mon