LOWELL — More than 130 years after his death, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War held their annual celebration of the birthday of Lowell native Union Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler ...

Benjamin Butler, who commanded Union troops during ... tweet this Harriman says that while the Texas Civil War Museum was being set up, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.

Set in 1861 at Fort Monroe, Va., in the early months of the Civil War, the play is about controversial Union Army Gen. Benjamin Butler facing a moral dilemma when a runaway slave arrives at the ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was short on a crucial ... considered almost as vital as gunpowder; Union General Benjamin Butler ordered his soldiers to carry coffee with them always ...

There are not a lot of stories about the American Civil War that are filled with laughs ... story of a legal loophole that Union General Benjamin Butler used to give runaway slaves sanctuary ...

Benjamin Butler, a Union major general in the Civil War, knew how to take a stand — whether it was against a 14-hour work day when he was a young lawyer or, later, when he made a bold move after ...

First Look at 3 SUMMERS OF LINCOLN at La Jolla Playhouse Ben Butler now playing at North Coast Rep through November 21st is based on a true historical event from the Civil War. Instead of rifles ...

The Civil War produced its share of heroes as well as scoundrels. Consider the curious case of Union Gen. Benjamin Butler. He was dubbed “The Beast” in 1862 by Confederate New Orleanians ...