MAJOR-GENERAL B.F. BUTLER—CHARACTER AND RESULTS OF THE WAR. HOW TO PROSECUTE AND HOW TO END IT

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“A Thrilling and eloquent Speech.” Printed by B.F. Butler for Gratuitous Distribution, 1863.  32pp. In faded pink wraps. Exhibits slight chipping at outer corners. Else VG plus.

General Ben Butler was the most controversial of Civil War wheeler-dealer political generals. In April 1862 he was posted as the military governor of Louisiana following the capture of New Orleans. He made himself highly unpopular with New Orleans citizenry with his General Order No. 28, which proclaimed that any female exhibiting disrespect to Union soldiery would be treated “as a woman of the town her trade,” earning him the nickname “Beast” Butler. He also became involved with a number of shady dealings involving the sale of confiscated Confederate  cotton, and was removed from command by the Lincoln administration in November 1862.

Invited some months later to attend a dinner in his honor in New York City, he begged off attending in person, but agreed to attend and speak at a public reception at the New York Music Academy, April 1nd, 1863. This stemwinder of a speech features Butler at his most patriotically bombastic. A classic performance by  the political general whom the Lincoln administration handled warily  throughout the war. Near the end, after bungling the initial amphibious assault on Fort Fisher, NC [Dec. 1864}, he was finally relieved and sent home in disgrace by U.S. Grant.

In his post-war phase, the ever resilient Butler would later win the Governorship of Massachusetts after numerous attempts, and contest Grover Cleveland for the 1884 Democratic Presidential nomination. At his death in 1893 he left an estate of 7 million, much of it war-time, under the table booty from Louisiana.

Solid “Beast” Ben Bulter collectible. In protective sheath.  [jp][ph:L]

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