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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 18: why I was relieved from command. (search)
which he appreciated highly. I was in Congress during his administration as President, in which I gave him my hearty support; and from that time until the day of his death no word of unkind difference passed between us; and I can say without fear of contradiction, that few men possessed a greater share of his confidence, or had more personal influence with General Grant upon public questions than I had. Grant in his report of the operations of the armies of the United States, dated July 22, 1865, was thoughtless enough to use a phrase — I say thoughtless because his explanation which I shall set out will show that it was so done — which was used more to my prejudice with the people of the country than anything else he could have said. The following is al extract from that report:-- On the 16th (of May) the enemy attacked General Butler in his position in front of Drury's Bluff. He was forced back or drew back into his intrenchments in the forks between the James and Appomat