U.S. Civil War - Confederate Soldiers - Military Biography, United States Civil War - Military Operations - General & Miscellaneous, Confederate States of America - Armed Forces, Senators & Representatives - Biography, The United States Senate, Confederat
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Overview
As a member of a distinguished South Carolina family, Matthew Calbraith Butler led a most interesting life. His cavalry service during the Civil War saw him rise from regimental captain to major general in command of a division. He began the war with Jeb Stuart and participated in all of his early campaigns. Butler was wounded in the battle at Brandy Station and lost his foot as a result, but he returned to duty and the battles outside of Richmond in 1864, then hurried South to resist Sherman's advance into South Carolina. Unlike many other Confederate generals, Butler remained influential after the War. He served in the U.S. Senate for eighteen years, oversaw the end of Reconstruction in South Carolina, and was a major general during the Spanish-American War. Samuel J. Martin has published numerous articles in Civil War Times Illustrated, The Kepi, and Virginia Country. He is also the author of two previous Civil War biographies, The Road to Glory: The Life of Confederate General Richard S. Ewell and Kill-Cavalry: The Life of Union General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (0-8117-0887-X).Book Details
Published
March 15, 2001
Publisher
Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2001.
Pages
400
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780811708999