 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
 | Lawrence L. Hewitt, Arthur W. Bergeron - History - 2002 - 211 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 when any female shall, by words, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the (Jnited States,... | |
 | Rufus Kinsley, David C. Rankin - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 316 pages
...soldiers by Confederate women, he issued on May 15 his famous General Orders No. 28, which declared that "hereafter when any female shall by word, gesture,...of the United States she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." Upon learning of Butler's order... | |
 | Fanny Dunbar Corbusier - History - 2003 - 366 pages
...on May 1, 1862. The order applied a severe penalty to Southern women for "insulting" Union soldiers: "when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement,...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her vocation." Hern, When the Devil Came Down to... | |
 | Frances Harding Casstevens - History - 2003 - 344 pages
...Congress, Washington, DC) Butler's General Order No. 28 decreed that any female of New Orleans who should "by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States" would be "regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." 23 If... | |
 | Daniel A. Farber - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 272 pages
...Butler issued his famous (or infamous) "Women's Order," directing diat if "any female shall by word or gesture or movement insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the US she shall be regarded and held liable as a woman of the town plying her avocation." When the mayor... | |
 | Judith E. Harper - United States - 2004 - 491 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...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation. By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER.... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 764 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...of the United States she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation. By command of Major-General Butler.... | |
 | Drew Gilpin Faust - History - 2004 - 348 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,...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.26 Buder's order drove to the heart... | |
 | Thomas Richey - Baton Rouge (La.) - 2005 - 194 pages
...news reached Baton Rouge of Butler's infamous General Orders No. 28, "Hereafter when any female should by word, gesture or movement insult or show contempt...of the United States she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her trade." By issuing this proclamation, Butler... | |
 | Henry Clay Warmoth - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 356 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...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her vocation. By command of MAJOR-GENERAL BUTLER.... | |
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