. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . BUTLER BOTTLED UP Butler, after his disastrous repulse atDreTVTys Bluff, threw up strong en-trenchments across the neck of thebottle-shaped territory which he occu-pied between the Appomattox and theJames. That was exactly v/hat Beaure-gard wanted, and the Confederategeneral immediately constructed fieldworks all along Butlers front, effectuallyclosing the neck of this bottle. HereButler remained in inactivity till theclose of the war. He built the elabo-rate signal tower seen in the picture sothat he could observe all the operatio
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . BUTLER BOTTLED UP Butler, after his disastrous repulse atDreTVTys Bluff, threw up strong en-trenchments across the neck of thebottle-shaped territory which he occu-pied between the Appomattox and theJames. That was exactly v/hat Beaure-gard wanted, and the Confederategeneral immediately constructed fieldworks all along Butlers front, effectuallyclosing the neck of this bottle. HereButler remained in inactivity till theclose of the war. He built the elabo-rate signal tower seen in the picture sothat he could observe all the operationsof the Confederates, although he cnuldmake no move against any of Gilmore and Baldy Smitliboth urged upon Butler the laying ofpontoons across the Appomattox inorder to advance on Petersburg, the keyto Richmond. But Butler curtly rcpMedthat he would build no bridges forWest Pointers to retreat BUTLERS SIGNAL TOW^R THE LOOKOUT
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