[Loyalist]

Ben Butler knew how to put this type of woman in her place when he came to New Orleans to restore U.S. authority: General Order No. 28

[fhayek]

LOL

[cajungirl]

That order was to keep southern ladies from snooting Yankee soldiers.

And it was damned wrong, hear me? Snooting yankee soldiers was all they had left of their dignity what with their hoop skirts all bent out of shape from unaccustomed labor.