GENERAL ORDERS NO. 32—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 32—MAJOR GEN. BUTLER / DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF

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Item Code: 490-6627

Dated New Orleans, May 27, 1862. One page, 5” x 8. Small foxed spot on bottom margin. Else VG plus. Text:

 

“No officer or soldier is permitted to take the property, to shut up any house or place of  of business, without a special order from the Provost Judge, Provost Marshal, Quartermaster, Military Commandant, or from these Headquarters.

Any citizen whose property is taken, or annoyed in his property, or arrested by any officer of soldier, in contravention of this order, will at once report to these headquarters, where he will have redress.

All taking of property by officers or soldiers for their private use is plunder, and will be punished as such / Major-General Butler.”

 

Obviously, after facing a month of hostility from residents of occupied New Orleans, some Federal soldiers were responding in kind, forcing Butler to issue an order reining in such conduct. In protective sleeve.    [jp][ph:L]

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