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12/23/2008, 07:03 AM
December 23, 1862: Davis declares Butler a felon
146 years ago today, Confederate President Jefferson Davis declares US General Benjamin Butler a felon and insists that he be hanged if captured. Butler had earned few friends in New Orleans-indeed, his treatment of the city's residents outraged most Southerners.
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Benjamin F. Butler
The Union captured New Orleans in early 1862 and Butler became the military commander of the city. His actions there soon made him the most hated Yankee in the Confederacy. Butler worked to root out all signs of the Confederacy from the city. He hanged a gambler who tore down an American flag and he ordered civil officers, attorneys, and clergy to take an oath of allegiance to the United States.
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Folks in NOLA hated Butler so much that clay pee-pots with his image transfered therein were a popular item. Pre-Katrina, you could buy reproductions at the Confederate Museum gift shop in modern NOLA.
Most notoriously, he offended southern women with General Order No. 28, which stated that any woman who insulted Union troops would "be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." :eek:
"As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subjected to repeated insults from 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 when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." -- General Order 28. MG Benjamin F. Butler, Commanding US Forces
Butler confiscated the property of rebels and was accused of stealing silver spoons from the locals, earning him the nickname "Spoons." Butler's brother, Andrew, gained permits to trade in the area and made a fortune from the sale of contraband items.
Southerners began to view Butler's mistreatment of New Orleans residents as a symbol of Yankee rudeness. Perhaps only William T. Sherman, who led the famously destructive march across Georgia, earned greater opprobrium in the South.
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7889/insane7zowh7.jpg
146 years ago today, Confederate President Jefferson Davis declares US General Benjamin Butler a felon and insists that he be hanged if captured. Butler had earned few friends in New Orleans-indeed, his treatment of the city's residents outraged most Southerners.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9797/butler333pxbenjaminfranln6.jpg
Benjamin F. Butler
The Union captured New Orleans in early 1862 and Butler became the military commander of the city. His actions there soon made him the most hated Yankee in the Confederacy. Butler worked to root out all signs of the Confederacy from the city. He hanged a gambler who tore down an American flag and he ordered civil officers, attorneys, and clergy to take an oath of allegiance to the United States.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6628/butler96753403d68310488lb2.jpg
Folks in NOLA hated Butler so much that clay pee-pots with his image transfered therein were a popular item. Pre-Katrina, you could buy reproductions at the Confederate Museum gift shop in modern NOLA.
Most notoriously, he offended southern women with General Order No. 28, which stated that any woman who insulted Union troops would "be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." :eek:
"As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subjected to repeated insults from 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 when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation." -- General Order 28. MG Benjamin F. Butler, Commanding US Forces
Butler confiscated the property of rebels and was accused of stealing silver spoons from the locals, earning him the nickname "Spoons." Butler's brother, Andrew, gained permits to trade in the area and made a fortune from the sale of contraband items.
Southerners began to view Butler's mistreatment of New Orleans residents as a symbol of Yankee rudeness. Perhaps only William T. Sherman, who led the famously destructive march across Georgia, earned greater opprobrium in the South.
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7889/insane7zowh7.jpg