America's Civil War

HISTORIC LETTER

 “Opportunity Knocks” about the 1864 Bermuda Hundred Campaign in your Winter 2023 issue, I thought you might find this rare battlefield order—written by Union commander Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler to his future son-in-law, Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames—of interest. On May 13, 1864, Butler expressed hope that Ames could hold on

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