LOWELL — It takes more than one word to sum up Benjamin Butler, a prominent Massachusetts politician and major general in the Civil War. And that one word certainly isn’t “beast ...

NEW PUBLICATIONS; GENERAL BUTLER'S GREAT PLEA. BUTLER'S BOOK. By Benjamin F. Butler. A Review of his Legal, Political, and Military Career. Illustrated with 125 ...

Benjamin Butler born on November 5, 1818, gained a reputation as an outstanding lawyer, politician and soldier during the 1850s and 1860s. His accomplishments as a politician and general in the ...

In the Civil War fall of 1863, a new Union commander takes over in Norfolk. It's Gen. Benjamin Butler, and residents should be afraid, very afraid, of “Beast Butler.” ...

Why do people here hate Union Gen. Benjamin Butler? Didn't he fight for New Orleans? Dear Reader, More than 150 years after Benjamin Butler came and left, New Orleanians still tell stories of the ...

This is a story from the April 27, 1862, Daily Picayune on the incident at the Mint. (Archives) Union Gen. Benjamin Butler became a villain to supporters of the Confederacy practically overnight ...

More than 150 years after Benjamin Butler came and left, New Orleanians still tell stories of the Civil War general, which shows how important — and infamous — he is in the city's history. As ...