Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) Section - Gettysburg Campaign Though West Virginia was founded

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Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) Section - Gettysburg Campaign Though West Virginia was foundedby Elizabeth D. Leonard Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important and controversial military and political leaders of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. Remembered most often for his uncompromising administration of the Federal occupation of New Orleans during the war, Butler reemerges in this lively narrative as a man whose journey took him from childhood destitution to wealth and profound influence in state and national halls of