. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER. CHAPTER XI NEW ORLEANS. The capture of the commercial metropolis of the Southwest by GeneralButler and Admiral Farragut. Butlers chivalrous letter to the Superiorof the Convent at Donaldsonville. His tribute to the Sisters of Elder and the panic stricken people of Natchez. Work of theSisters in other On the 25th of April, 1862, a fleet under the famousAdmiral Farragut, together with a land force under Gen-eral Benjamin F. Butler, capture
. Angels of the battlefield : a history of the labors of the Catholic sisterhoods in the late civil war . GENERAL BENJAMIN BUTLER. CHAPTER XI NEW ORLEANS. The capture of the commercial metropolis of the Southwest by GeneralButler and Admiral Farragut. Butlers chivalrous letter to the Superiorof the Convent at Donaldsonville. His tribute to the Sisters of Elder and the panic stricken people of Natchez. Work of theSisters in other On the 25th of April, 1862, a fleet under the famousAdmiral Farragut, together with a land force under Gen-eral Benjamin F. Butler, captured the city of New assumed charge of thecommercial metropolis of theSouthwest, as it was then called,while the gun boats proceeded upthe Mississippi Elver, subjugatingother cities and towns along itsbanks. One of these was Donald-sonville. In shelling this place Admiral Farragut injuredsome of the property under the charge of the Sisters ofCharity. The superior entered a complaint with GeneralButler and in return received the following chivalrous let-ter: Headquarters Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, La., September 2, Maria Clara, Superior and Sister of Charity. Madame: I had no information until the reception ofyour note that so sad a result to the Sisters of your com- (119) 120 ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. munity had happened from the bombardment of Donald-sonville. I am very, very sorry that Rear Admiral Farragutwas una
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