Trivia 4-4-17 Beastly Encounter

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This awesome woman is Eugenia Levy Phillips! She was held at the house of the equally impressive Rose O'Neal Greenhow, confined to the attic. The "beast" was none other than Benjamin F. Butler, and the order causing this hullaballoo was Butler's General Order No. 28, also known as the "Woman's Order".

https://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/eugenia-phillips/
 
1. Eugenia Levy Phillips
2. Suspected of being part of a Confederate spy ring, she and two of her daughters were held under house arrest at the home of Rose O'Neal Greenhow.
3. The "beast" she encountered was Major General Benjamin “Beast” Butler.
4. The order that resulted in her imprisonment at Ship Island was Butler's General Order No. 28 issued May 15, 1862 which stated that if any woman should insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and shall be held liable to be treated as a "woman of the town plying her avocation" - same treatment as a prostitute. https://www.jhsgw.org/exhibitions/o...bits/show/mr-lincolns-city/blue-gray/phillips
 
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