NOLA.com

Union general still vilified for insulting New Orleans women, but he also defended Black rights

The Civil War produced its share of heroes as well as scoundrels. Consider the curious case of Union Gen. Benjamin Butler. He was dubbed “The Beast” in 1862 by Confederate New Orleanians humiliated by ...
NOLA.com

Why do people here hate Union Gen. Benjamin Butler?

Why do people here hate Union Gen. Benjamin Butler? Didn't he fight for New Orleans? Dear Reader, More than 150 years after Benjamin Butler came and left, New Orleanians still tell stories of the ...
The Lowell Sun

‘A true hero of the Union,’ Lowell native Civil War Gen. Benjamin F. Butler honored at Hildreth Cemetery

LOWELL — More than 130 years after his death, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War held their annual celebration of the birthday of Lowell native Union Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler. Butler was ...
BroadwayWorld

Ben Butler at Don Bluth Front Row Theatre

BEN BUTLER is part comedy, part history and completely captivating. When an escaped slave shows up at Fort Monroe demanding sanctuary, General Benjamin Butler is faced with an impossible moral dilemma ...