Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Butler” in chapter 27, page 475 of Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia:
...e James, and that of Northern Virginia, under their respective generals commanding, now confronted each other, south of the James, and the long and memorable siege of Petersburg began.
Grant, after Butler 's repulse of the 18th, wrote to Meade, giving the keynote of his future intentions: Now we will rest the men and use the spade for their protection, until a vein can be struck.
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