Confederate President Davis's December 23, 1862 Proclamation that labels General Butler and his cohorts as criminals and outlaws who are to be executed when captured, made specific mention of Andrew Butler:
"The slaves have been driven from the plantations in the neighborhood of New Orleans until their owners would consent to share their crops with the commanding general, his brother, Andrew J. Butler, and other officers ; and when such consent had been extorted, the slaves have been restored to the plantations, and there compelled to work under the bayonets of the guards of United States soldiers. Where that partner- ship was refused, armed expeditions have been sent to the plantations to rob them of everything that was susceptible of removal.
And even slaves, too aged or infirm for work, have, in spite of their entreaties, been forced from the homes provided by their owners, and driven to wander helpless on the highway."
Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler: Butler's Book, Benjamin F. Butler, pg. 544