Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) compass the young Frenchman who brought

the young Frenchman who brought a soldier’s passion to America

MIKE MOVIUS

by  Dan Welch

Displayed with the pistol are a replica engraving of Confederate troops at the Battle of Second Manassas

Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (Elizabeth D. Leonard - CH) compass the young Frenchman who broughtby 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