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General Butler was at first reported as saying at Springfield that he had “dismissed” General Hawley from command for “ cowardice and incompetency.” Before the speech was finished, General Hawley ...

An officer on General Butler's staff, residing constantly, while in New Orleans, under his roof, having had direct personal observation of him during the entire progress of the "Ship-Island Expedition ...

The “American bunting” national flag was the first flag to be made from American fabric. It was produced in Lowell, Mass. In 1865 by the United States Bunting Company, later Ames Textile. At the time, ...

Which Union military man was so reviled by the Confederacy that chamber pots were manufactured with his image on the inside? That would be Benjamin “Beast” Butler, the lawyer, politician and major ...