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| an historic Louisiana Civil War item! When the ladies of New Orleans showed disrespect to the Yankee Occupiers, General Butler issued the infamous May 15, 1862 "Woman Order",# 28, that any woman who shows comtempt for Union soldiers shall be 'treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation",creating such furor that Jefferson Davis placed a bounty on the head of the General, hereafter known as "The Beast". An Original May 15, 1862 issue of the New Orleans True Delta newspaper, 2pp, ptd on brown paper, w top front page printing of order # 28, and just below, Butler's Order #27 prohibiting NO Churches from observing Davis's Prayer Proclamation . 2pp complete, Vg |
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