Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 to G. C. Gardner re: defense of his "woman order"
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07053 Author/Creator: Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Letter signed Date: 1862/06/10 Pagination: 4 p. 24.8 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy
"The women more bitter in their secession than the men, were everywhere insulting my soldiers...tending to provoke retort recrimination and return of insult, which would have ended in disgraceful and murderous riot... how do you 'regard and treat' a lewd woman and her remarks?... After that order every man of my command was bound in honor not to notice any of these acts of these women."
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