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Butler’s Decision at Bermuda Hundred

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Chris Kolakowski

Major General Benjamin Butler’s Bermuda Hundred Campaign in May of 1864 is often dismissed quickly and simply as a failure. Commentators usually invoke Major General U.S. Grant’s quote about a “bottle strongly corked.” It is true that Butler could have … Continue reading →

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From a Former Prisoner to Another: Brigadier General William Stephen Walker and the Roots of Reconciliation

Posted on December 14, 2017 by ECW Guest Post

Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sean Michael Chick A wonderful example of the kind of empathy that helped to make reconciliation possible was the capture of Brigadier General William Stephen Walker in 1864. Walker was born … Continue reading →

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