[jackibutterfly]

"He was variously known as "Beast" Butler for giving his troops permission to rape southern women,..."

I looked up several articles on Butler, but could find nothing that said he did what YOU said. Could you tell me where you got that info? Thanks much.

[PAR35]

Your historical research skills could use a little polishing if you weren’t able to turn up anything about “General Order 28”

Any woman deemed to not treat any Union soldier with the respect he wanted could be treated as a prostitute plying her trade. General P.G.T. Beauregard properly understood the order as permitting union soldiers to “the right to treat at their pleasure the ladies of the South as common harlots.”

See the order and the Confederate response here:

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/T-00666.pdf