 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 15by United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Frances Harding Casstevens - History - 2003 - 325 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... | |
 | Judith E. Harper - History - 2004 - 472 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 - 760 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 - 326 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 H. Richey - History - 2005 - 173 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 - History - 2006 - 285 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.... | |
 | Catherine Clinton, Nina Silber - History - 2006 - 232 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.22 Butler decided that all females... | |
 | Wilmer L. Jones - History - 2005 - 376 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...contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation. Butler's... | |
 | J. Timothy Cole, Bradley R. Foley - History - 2014 - 300 pages
...subject to repeated insults from women calling themselves ladies of New Orleans ... it is ordered that if any female shall, by word, gesture or movement, insult...the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town, plying her avocation."87 Leventhorpe told his troops:... | |
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