Elizabeth D. Leonard's books include Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life and Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky, winner of the Lincoln Prize.
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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 t... SEE MORE