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Army of Amateurs
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Also by the author:
From Antietam to Fort Fisher
General John Buford
Grant's Cavalryman
Jersey Cavaliers
Mounted Raids of the Civil War
Pickett, Leader of the Charge
The Cavalry at Gettysburg
The Man behind the Guns
To Gettysburg and Beyond
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Army of Amateurs
General Benjamin F. Butler and the Army of the James, 18631865
Edward G. Longacre
Page iv Copyright 1997 by Stackpole Books Published by STACKPOLE BOOKS - photo 2
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Copyright 1997 by Stackpole Books
Published by
STACKPOLE BOOKS
5067 Ritter Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Stackpole Books, 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.
Printed in the United States of America
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FIRST EDITION
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Longacre, Edward G., 1946
Army of amateurs : General Benjamin F. Butler and the Army of the James, 18631865 /
Edward G. Longacre.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8117-0135-2
1. United States. Army of the James. 2. Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin
Franklin), 18181893. 3. VirginiaHistoryCivil War 18611865. 4. North
CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 18611865Campaigns. I. Title.
E467.1.B87L66 1997
973.7'092dc21
[B] 97-20605
CIP
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In memory of my great-grandfather,
Sergeant Henry M. Flanagin,
5th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
Army of the James
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The movement of the forces under Butler was close to the boundary line between the true art of war and the game of bumblepuppy.
General William Farrar Smith
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The ignorant officer is a murderer.
Anonymous
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface
xi
1
Ben Butler Takes Command
1
2
From Desk General to Field Leader
21
3
Anatomy of an Army
45
4
On to Richmond?
67
5
Debacle at Drewry's Bluff
87
6
Death in the Meadows
101
7
The Petersburg Follies
125
8
Four Days of Frustration
143
9
Regular Approaches
163
10
Action on the Northside, Action on the South
183
11
A Taste of Victory
205
12
From the James to the Hudson
227
13
Closing the Last Door
245
14
Winter of Content
269
15
Final Triumph
287
16
Postwar Service
311
Notes
327
Essay on Sources
375
Index
379

Page ix
Acknowledgments
Since beginning research on the Army of the James more than twenty years ago, I have been aided by scores of librarians, archivists, and curators who provided source material critical to the success of my undertaking. The following individuals rendered the greatest assistance:
Laura R. Abbott, librarian, Vermont Historical Society; Gary J. Arnold, manuscripts cataloger, Archives-Manuscripts Division, Ohio Historical Society; John C. Broderick, chief of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress; Marie Byrne, assistant head, Manuscripts Division, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley; David G. Carroll, historic site assistant, Washington's Headquarters and Museum; Phyllis Cassler, interlibrary loan director, U.S. Army Military History Institute; Roseanne Ewing, Bellevue, Nebraska; Dale E. Floyd, historian, U.S. Park Service; Thompson Horlow, director, Connecticut Historical Society Library; Clifton H. Johnson, executive director, Amistad Research Center, Dillard University; William L. Joyce, curator of manuscripts, American Antiquarian Society; Michele Leiser, manuscripts specialist, Stanford University Libraries; Paul Loane, Merchantville, New Jersey; Linda M. Matthews, reference archivist, Special Collections, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University; Wayne Maxson, interlibrary loan director, Samuel W. Paley Library, Temple University; Will Molineux, Williamsburg, Virginia; Mary-Elizabeth Murdock, director, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College; Russ Pritchard, curator, War Library, National Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; Mary Jo Pugh, reference archivist, Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical
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