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“Beast” Butler: The Incredible Career of Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler
“Beast” Butler: The Incredible Career of Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler
“Beast” Butler: The Incredible Career of Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler
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First published in 1962, this is a biography of Benjamin Franklin Butler, (1818-1893), aka “Beast” Butler, an American lawyer, politician, soldier and businessman from Massachusetts, who became best known as a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War, and for his leadership role in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and in the Massachusetts political scene, where he served one term as Governor.

“In the history of the United States, there has never been anyone quite like Benjamin Franklin Butler. Without a doubt one of the most incompetent Generals and corrupt politicians this nation has ever seen, Butler was accused during the Civil War, of murder, trading with the enemy, theft, maltreatment of women, blackmail, and arson. He was the only Union General that the Confederacy ordered hanged on the spot if captured.

With his malefactions public knowledge, he became after the War, successively five times Republican United States Congressman, Democratic Governor of Massachusetts, and Greenback-Peoples candidate for the Presidency. He achieved these high positions by sheer bluff, taking care of his supporters, and by an oratorical ability to twist any occurrence, no matter how incredible, stupid, or shady into a vindication of himself. He was a demagogue’s demagogue.”—Robert Werlich, Foreword
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPapamoa Press
Release dateJun 28, 2017
ISBN9781787204591
“Beast” Butler: The Incredible Career of Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler
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Robert Werlich

Robert O’Donnell Werlich (January 23, 1924 - May 15, 1994) was a former Washington insurance agent and stockbroker who had devoted his time to writing since 1961. He was the author of such books as the encyclopedic volume Orders and Decorations of All Nations (1974). Mr. Werlich was born to American parents in Paris, where his father was a diplomat. He was a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. He died of emphysema and a heart ailment at Georgetown University Hospital in 1994 at the age of 70.

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