Woman Order
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Woman Order is the nickname for General Order No. 28, a controversial 1862 directive issued by Union General Benjamin Butler in New Orleans that threatened to treat women showing contempt for Union soldiers as prostitutes.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
General Order
ⓘ
military order ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Butler's Woman Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesDuring | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | women in New Orleans ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Benjamin Butler's administration in New Orleans
ⓘ
Union occupation of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandingOfficer | Major General Benjamin F. Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contentSummary | threatened to treat women who insulted or showed contempt for Union soldiers as prostitutes ⓘ |
| controversialFor | its treatment of women as prostitutes for acts of verbal contempt ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedAs |
a violation of norms of civilized warfare
ⓘ
an insult to Southern womanhood ⓘ |
| documentType | general order ⓘ |
| governingBody | Department of the Gulf (Union Army) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsequence | threatened arrest and punishment of offending women ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1862 in Louisiana ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | one of the most infamous Union orders of the Civil War ⓘ |
| issueDate | 1862-05-15 ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
Benjamin Butler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| issuedIn | New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | occupied New Orleans ⓘ |
| legalThreat | women showing contempt for Union soldiers could be treated as women of the town plying their avocation ⓘ |
| location | New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Woman Order ⓘ |
| officialName | General Order No. 28 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to deter public insults and contempt toward Union soldiers ⓘ |
| reaction |
provoked international outrage
ⓘ
used as Confederate propaganda ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Union military government in the Confederacy
ⓘ
gender and warfare ⓘ laws of war ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civilians under military occupation
ⓘ
gendered conduct regulations ⓘ military discipline ⓘ |
| targetOf |
British criticism
ⓘ
Confederate criticism ⓘ French criticism ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar | Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1862 ⓘ |
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