Major General Benjamin F. “Spoons” Butler, commander of the compulsory Union Department of the Gulf, issues General Orders 27 forbidding prayers for the success of the Confederate (a voluntary union) Armies in battle.
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Subsequent Events:
5/15/1862 12/17/1862
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Robert S. Holzman, Stormy Ben Butler, (New York: Macmillan, 1954), 100(n26).
LessonPlan.CivilWar.pdf
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