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BUTLER, BENJAMIN F.

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BUTLER, BENJAMIN F.
(1818 - 1893) Union major general, called ""The Beast"" for his authoritarian control of occupied New Orleans. He commanded the Army of the James later in the war. A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Lowell, May 11, 1852, to Daniel B. Stevens, in part: ""...You know that I have a colt at Deerfield...I wish you would do me the favor to send up and get him and pasture him for me this season. If he is a first rate horse... I rely more on your judgment will keep him; if not, then sell him...Do with him precisely as you would with your own remembering that I do not want him unless he (or she) is to make an 'A No. 1' horse..."". Boldly written, folds with a bit of toning, else very good condition.