Major General Benjamin F. Butler, General Order Number 28, May 15, 1862

Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans

May 15, 1862 

 

As officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from women, calling themselves ladies, of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered hereafter, when any female shall by mere gesture or movement insult, or show contempt for any officers or soldiers of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman about town plying her avocation.

 

By command of Major-General BUTLER.