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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 13: occupations in 1863; exchange of prisoners. (search)
ined. Incredible as it is, 'tis true and pity 'tis, 'tis true. A dictatorship could have been established only by subduing the people of the country by the armies of the United States. At the time McClellan was summoned to take charge of our greatest army, his only military achievement had been in a short campaign with a few regiments, a battery, two companies of cavalry and three detached companies. McClellan's letter, July 2. His story, page 59. His first action was on the 10th of July, 1861, and was fought without the loss of an officer on his side. His second battle was fought on the 13th of July and resulted in the surrender of the enemy, consisting of one brigade officer, two colonels twenty-five officers, and five hundred and sixty men. The entire results of the campaign he himself sums up in these words: Nine guns taken, twelve colors, lots of prisoners, and all this was done with so little loss on our side, ten killed, thirty-five wounded. McClellan's letter, Ju