...must go, we are defenseless. 121. Butler's infamous General Orders No. 28, issued May 15, 1862, stated 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." The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation...

...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...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...

...women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous noninterference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter,...officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." Most newspapers in Confederate...

...Butler — known as Picayune Butler for his size, alias Beast Butler for his general order directing "that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." Hearing of this order, Lord Palmerston...

...roll of drums and issued the famous "Woman order": "Hereafter when any female shall by word, posture 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 her avocation." Southern chivalry shuddered to the...

...utterly without compassion. He was best known for his infamous Order Number 28, which provided that "When any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement,...or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the USA, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation."5...

...do?" queried Lulu. "The amount of the order was that every woman who should behave as that one had, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, should be regarded and held liable to be treated as not of good moral character. The mayor made it...

...women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the most unscrupulous noninterference 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." Butler, Butler's Book, 418. 7. Catherine...

...practice which provoked the army's commanding general to issue an extraordinary order on May 15, 1862: ... 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. After the war, the senior Hennessy...

...May 1 , 1862 he was head of the US troops who occupied New Orleans. On May 15, 1862 he ordered that "when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement,...officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." Carpenter, Francis Bicknell (1830—1900). New...