Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) Section - Gettysburg Campaign Winner of the Bancroft Prize

Winner of the Bancroft Prize

and bled at Gettysburg

This book not only traces the early history of Adams County

Though West Virginia was founded for the purpose of remaining loyal to the Union

Lincoln developed a set of political convictions that guided him throughout his life and his presidency

Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) Section - Gettysburg Campaign Winner of the Bancroft Prizeby 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