General Neal Dow the "Napoleon of Temperance."
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After a winter of training in Maine, Dow and the 13th Maine were dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico in February 1862.
[66] Even before departing, Dow quarreled with his superiors when he learned his unit would be placed under the command of Major General
Benjamin F. Butler, a Democrat whom Dow regarded as soft on slavery and "pro-rum".
[67] Dow's protests were ineffective, but they earned Butler's enmity.
[67] After joining Butler at
Fort Monroe, Virginia, the regiment sailed south and was forced to land in North Carolina after a storm; Dow's performance in the emergency won Butler's praise, but the two still cordially loathed each other.
[67] After the damaged ships were repaired, Butler's army continued south to
Ship Island, Mississippi.
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Butler's army, aided by Flag Officer
David Farragut's fleet,
captured New Orleans on April 29, 1862.
[69] Dow and the 13th Maine did not join in the attack, remaining behind to guard Ship Island. A day earlier, Congress had approved Dow's promotion to
brigadier general. He blamed Butler for excluding him from the battle, believing that Butler was threatened by his promotion and calling him a "bully and a beast".
[67] He spent much of the time quarreling with his second-in-command, Lieutenant Colonel
Francis S. Hesseltine, while the regiment occupied forts around New Orleans.
[70] While there, Dow encouraged black slaves to run away from captivity and take shelter with the Union Army.
[71] He also confiscated property from nearby planters, including those who supported the Union, and tried unsuccessfully to claim personal salvage rights over Confederate military property abandoned in the river.
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In October 1862, Dow was given command over the District of
Pensacola, and moved to join other units there.
[71] He immediately earned the troops' disfavor by placing Pensacola under prohibition.
[72] He also (without authorization from Washington) began to recruit black troops from the local slave population while continuing his confiscation of rebel property.
[72] Butler soon countermanded the confiscation order, which Dow believed was done in revenge for his banning of alcohol.
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