 As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies ) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter...  General Orders - Page 11by United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Christopher Benfey, Christopher E. G. Benfey - Art - 1999 - 330 pages
...Butler's General Order Number 28, known as the "Woman Order," issued on May 15. Its wording was blunt: "When any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement,...officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be ... held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her vocation" — as a prostitute, that... | |
 | Robert N. Rosen - History - 2000 - 560 pages
...subjected to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans," this order read, "it is ordered, that hereafter, when any female shall,...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." When the mayor of New Orleans, John... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - History - 1998 - 607 pages
...women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter...or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the Untied States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her... | |
 | Laura F. Edwards - History - 2000 - 296 pages
...WOMEN, calling themselves 'LADIES,' of NEW ORLEANS, In return ftr the most scrupulous NONINTERFERENCE and COURTESY on our part, It Is ordered that hereafter...movement, insult or show contempt for any OFFICER or PRIVATE of the UNITED STATES she shall be regarded and held liable to be TREATED as A WOMAN OF THE... | |
 | Anna Sophia Roelina Riepma - History - 2000 - 242 pages
...have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans ... it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall,...movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldiers of the United States, she shall be regarded as held liable to be treated as a woman of the... | |
 | Andre Bernard, Clifton Fadiman - Reference - 2000 - 808 pages
...abused Northern soldiers he issued the notorious proclamation that if any woman insulted or showed contempt for "any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and shall be held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." This provoked furious... | |
 | Byron Farwell - History - 2001 - 936 pages
...been subjected to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans . . . it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall,...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." This order, often called the Woman... | |
 | Joshua S. Goldstein - History - 2003 - 544 pages
...General Benjamin Butler, such as by displaying Confederate flags. In response, Butler ordered that "when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement,...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as" a prostitute. One teenaged girl wrote about her distinctly feminine fantasies... | |
 | Walter G. Cowan - History - 2001 - 300 pages
...spitting on them or deluging passing soldiers from balconies, Butler issued General Order No. 28. This ordered "that hereafter when any female shall, by...movement, insult or show contempt for any officer of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying... | |
 | Samantha Cook - Travel - 2001 - 380 pages
...the behavior of what he called "these she-adders", Butler announced the General Order 28, claiming "When any female shall by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying... | |
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