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

by Chester G. Hearn

Book Overview

Much controversy exists concerning Major General Benjamin F. Butler's administration in New Orleans during the second year of the Civil War. Some historians have extolled the general as a great humanitarian, while others have vilified him as a brazen opportunist, agreeing with the wealthy of occupied New Orleans who labeled him Beast Butler. In this thorough examination of Butler's career in the Crescent City, Chester G. Hearn reveals that both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807126233
• ISBN13: 9780807126233
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"