"* While Farragut was struggling upstream, Major General Benjamin Butler was settling into his role as military dictator of New Orleans. The first thing to do was to put the fear of Federal law into the citizens. The women of the city were a particular problem in this respect, since no Southern gentleman would ever treat a proper lady with the slightest public disrespect, and, accustomed to such privilege, the women used it to its full advantage to snub, insult, and generally harass Union men. After a woman dumped a bucket of slop from a window onto Farragut's head, Butler acted. He issued General Order Number 28 on 15 May:
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As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference 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 on the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.
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Some "Lady".