Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . o Washington, for the purpose of putting down aservile insurrection, entirely ignoring the fact that the servile insur-rection was placed before me in a loyal State as a reason for opposingmy being allowed to land in that loyal State. I was to be opposedin my march because the people of an always loyal State believed Iwas landing on its soil, not with the intent of going to the defenceof the capital, but for the purpose of aiding their slaves in a serv
Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . o Washington, for the purpose of putting down aservile insurrection, entirely ignoring the fact that the servile insur-rection was placed before me in a loyal State as a reason for opposingmy being allowed to land in that loyal State. I was to be opposedin my march because the people of an always loyal State believed Iwas landing on its soil, not with the intent of going to the defenceof the capital, but for the purpose of aiding their slaves in a servilewar. That fear being withdrawn, neither my troops nor any otherof the United States forces met the least opposition from the peopleof that State in their march to Washington. The only notice that I took thereafter of this question was whenit appeared that Governor Andrew had so dealt with his own letterthat injurious comments were published in the newspapers upon thisaction and his reprimand, before I had made my reply to it. I 23ub-lished both letters in self-defence, — one such article issued in theNew York Tribune of May 4, CHAPTER AND FORTRESS MONROE. HAD nothing further to do with Annapolis or itsconcerns subsequent to the 5th of May. It was onthat day I marched for the purpose of cutting offraihoad passage between Harpers Ferry and Wash-ington, for at Harpers Ferry a very considerablebody of rebel troops was gathering for an attack onWashington. It may be well to take a little time just here in doing what has notbeen done, namely, giving some account of the condition of thingsin Washington, as to the state of mind and action of the executiveand military officers there. In the winter of 1861, President Buchanan had thought it neces-sary to reorganize his cabinet, in whole or in j)a,rt, in view of thethreatened secession of the Southern States, as fears were entertainedthat there might be an early resort to arms in support of thatsecession. Consequen
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