...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,...liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.22 Butler decided that all females in New Orleans who showed insulting behavior toward his...

...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...liable to be treated as a woman of the town, plying her avocation."87 Leventhorpe told his troops: Fellow Soldiers: — The infamous order which you have just...

...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...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...

..."ladies" from insulting, spitting at, and emptying slop pots on Union soldiers. A woman showing contempt "shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." Chester G. Hearn, When the Devil Came Down to Dixie (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press,...

...his soldiers, Butler issued General Order No. 28 to treat the ladies of New Orleans as prostitutes. "It is ordered that hereafter when any female shall,...treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." Perhaps softened by harsh criticism of the order, Butler advocated for the exchange of sick and wounded...

...heads of federal men. Butler informed them otherwise. In his infamous General Order No. 28, he decreed, "When any female shall by word, gesture, or 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...

...Butler issued an order on May 5, 1862, declaring that any woman who insulted Federal soldiers should be "regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her trade." Reprinted in bold type on the front page of newspapers across the South, Butler's order was...

...verbal harassment of Union soldiers by the Confederate ladies of that city, this order stated that "when any Female shall, by word, gesture, or movement,...liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation."4 Months after the issuing of this odious order, Daniel continued to assail "Beast" Butler...

...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,...movement, insult or show contempt for any officer, or a soldier of the US, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying...

...during the war with his order that the next Southern woman who insulted his troops on the street would be "regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation" — this nemesis of the South, now a Republican congressman from Massachusetts, did indeed make a long,...