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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1066

Civil War: Butler, Benjamin Frankin. Major-General in the Union army; Butler's policy of regarding slaves as contraband so that they could be treated as freemen and not returned to their masters, his administration of occupied New Orleans, his ineffectual leadership during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign and the Ft. Fisher fiasco made him one of the most controversial generals of the war; reviled by the south as "Beast Butler"; later member of the House of Representatives for Massachusetts. Carte de Visite. 2 ½ x 4". The general in uniform standing ¾ left, "MAJ. GENL B.F.BUTLER" below. Photographer's backmark - McAllister & Brother Opticians 728 Chestnut Street Philadelphia. Pencil notation on back, About Very Fine.

Estimate
$100 to $150