Tag Archives: Benjamin Franklin Butler

Bombastes Furioso Butler

Posted on May 9, 2012 by SUMPTER

The gradual, persistent constriction of Anaconda: the Yankees and General Butler have control of New Orleans 150 years ago now. The Dispatch calls names. How can that “oleaginous carcass” be running the South’s largest city? From the Richmond Daily Dispatch … Continue reading →

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Big Tow Operation

Posted on April 5, 2012 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this fortnight a native son of Seneca Falls, New York wrote some letters home from far, far away at the mouth of the Mississippi River. JOHN was a mate in the Union navy that was preparing for … Continue reading →

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Warm Clothes Needed for ‘Refugee’ Rebel Soldiers

Posted on November 25, 2011 by SUMPTER

We’ve seen the Union military ask Northerners to make mittens for its troops as the weather gets colder. Here a Richmond paper is asking citizens to send warm clothing to the troops from the burned down Hampton, Virginia. From the … Continue reading →

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“this war must go on”

Posted on September 9, 2011 by SUMPTER

It’s election season once again. In this letter, General Benjamin F. Butler, during the Union combined navy-army operation against Cape Hatteras, responds to those who want to know if he is interested in opposing the Republican Massachusetts Governor John Andrew … Continue reading →

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