Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. B. F. Butler” in alphabetic letter M, entry group 8, entry monroe-fort of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...k, U. S. A. Its possession was coveted by the Confederates, but Dimick had turned some of its cannon landward. These taught the Confederates, civil and military, prudence, wisdom, and discretion. Gen. B. F. Butler , having been appointed commander of the Department of Virginia, with his headquarters at Fort Monroe, arrived there on May 22, 1861, and took the chief command, with troops sufficient to insure its s...
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