Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Dutch Gap” in chapter 18 of Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler:
...down to City Point and asked General Grant and Chief Engineer Barnard to come up with us and examine the premises.
This they did, and made a very careful exploration of the point.
It was known as Dutch Gap for the reason that some enterprising German had cut down quite a gap in undertaking to build a waterway through there many years before.
We came to the conclusion that to dig the canal was a very ...
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