Major General Benjamin F. “Spoons” Butler, commander of the compulsory Union Army of the Gulf, begins his tenure as compulsory Union Commandant of New Orleans, Louisiana. Butler immediately declares martial law.
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 288.
Butler Arrives in New Orleans | Experience the 55 Months that Made America
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Benjamin Butler – Wikipedia
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