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In The Fields of Praise, Marilyn Nelson claims as subjects the life of the spirit, the vicissitudes of love, and the African American experience and arranges them as white pebbles marking our common journey toward a monstrous love / that wants to make the world right. Nelson is a poet of stunning power, able to bring alive the most rarified and subtle of experiences. A slave destined to become a minister preaches sermons of heartrending eloquence and wisdom to a mule. An old woman scrubbing over a washtub receives a personal revelation of what Emancipation means: So this is freedom: the peace of hours like these. Memories of the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen in the face of aerial combat abroad and virulent racism at home bring a speaker to the sudden awareness of herself as the daughter of a thousand proud fathers.
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When the Devil Came Down to Dixie : Ben Butler in New Orleans
author
:
Hearn, Chester G.
publisher
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Louisiana State University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0807121800
print isbn13
:
9780807121801
ebook isbn13
:
9780585320984
language
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English
subject
Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893, Generals--United States--Biography, United States.--Army--Biography, New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
publication date
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1997
lcc
:
E467.1.B87H43 1997eb
ddc
:
973.7/092
subject
:
Butler, Benjamin F.--(Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893, Generals--United States--Biography, United States.--Army--Biography, New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Page i
When the Devil Came Down to Dixie
Page ii
Page iii
When the Devil Came Down to Dixie
Ben Butler in New Orleans
Chester G. Hearn
Page iv
Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
Copyright 1997 by Chester G. Hearn All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing
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Designer: Michele Myatt Quinn Typefaces: Bodoni, Goudy Typesetter: Impressions Book and Journal Services, Inc. Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Frontispiece courtesy U.S. Army Military History Institute.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hearn, Chester G. When the devil came down to Dixie : Ben Butler in New Orleans / Chester G. Hearn p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8071-2180-0 (alk. paper) 1. Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 18181893. 2. GeneralsUnited StatesBiography. 3. United States. Army Biography. 4. New Orleans (La.)HistoryCivil War, 18611865. I. Title. E467.I.B87H43 1997 973-7'092dc21 [B] 97-16092 CIP
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Page v
To Ann, Chet, and Dana, the family that keeps me going, and to the beloved memory of Wendy
Page vii
Contents
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
1 The Early Years
7
2 Butler Goes to War
23
3 To Be a Lieutenant General
38
4 "Picayune" Butler Comes to Town
52
5 When the Devil Came Down to Dixie
76
6 Emergence of the Beast
90
7 A Bad Day at City Hall
130
8 Butler's War with the Consuls
142
9 Bearing Down on New Orleans
161
10 The Brothers Butler
180
11 The Campaigns of Ben Butler
198
12 The Beast Bows Out
213
13 Aftermath
225
Bibliography
241
Index
253
Page ix
Illustrations
Maps
Approaches to New Orleans from Ship Island
49
The lower Mississippi and its passes
58
Figures
Frontispiece
Benjamin F. Butler
Following page 109
Sarah Butler
Abraham Lincoln
Simon Cameron
George B. McClellan
David Glasgow Farragut
Benjamin F. Butler
David Dixon Porter
Commander Porter Receiving the Surrender of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
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