Lincoln's 1864 City Point Trip-- Part 13: Further Observations 'Here's Old Abe, and Beast Butler'

Still riding through Gen. Butler's men on Bermuda Hundred, then came several artillery encampments.

**  A New Jersey gunner thought Lincoln "a very plain man."

**  A Connecticut artilleryman was surprised at how "awkward and even peculiar the President looked to us."

The sudden appearance of Lincoln's party caught the Connecticut battery sentry by surprise and he blurted out,  "Great God!  Turn out the guard!!  here's Old Abe, and Beast Butler."

So Even His Troops Called Him "Beast Butler."  --Old B-Runner