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When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans

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When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans - Hearn, Chester G
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Addressing the controversy concerning Major General Benjamin F. Butler's administration in New Orleans during the second year of the Civil War, Chester Hearn vividly describes Butler's childhood and his political career before and after the war. Hearn shows Butler to be a fascinating case study of contradictions, a remarkable man with a politician's appetite for wealth and power as well as a sincere empathy for the poor. 32 halftones. 2 maps.

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When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans 2000, LSU Press, Baton Rouge

ISBN-13: 9780807126233

Revised edition

Trade paperback

When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans 1997, Louisiana State University Press

ISBN-13: 9780807121801

Hardcover