. Civil War officers. Union . Hampton Soldiers Homewas merged into the Veterans Administration. Great-ly enlarged and serving the veterans of all UnitedStates wars it is today (1970) known as the VeteransAdministration Center, Hampton, Virginia. General Butlers political career was even morecontroversial than his military career. The New YorkTimes said shortly after his death, He was alwaysbobbing up in the most unexpected places and ap-pearing in the most surprising characters, alwaysfighting somebody with great vigor and vindictive-ness, and neither giving nor expecting quarter. Butlers nume
. Civil War officers. Union . Hampton Soldiers Homewas merged into the Veterans Administration. Great-ly enlarged and serving the veterans of all UnitedStates wars it is today (1970) known as the VeteransAdministration Center, Hampton, Virginia. General Butlers political career was even morecontroversial than his military career. The New YorkTimes said shortly after his death, He was alwaysbobbing up in the most unexpected places and ap-pearing in the most surprising characters, alwaysfighting somebody with great vigor and vindictive-ness, and neither giving nor expecting quarter. Butlers numerous political foes persistently ac-cused him of being corrupt. However, competent his-torians assert that despite numerous investigations,spies and sundry probings, no evidence of GeneralButlers personal corruption has ever been found. Therumor that he had stolen silver spoons at NewOrleans in 1862 was used over and over again byhis opponents. During the presidential campaign of1884, while he was speaking in Cleveland, Ohio,. UNION VETERANS IN OLD VIRGINIA There because of Butler. hecklers threw tin and wooden spoons on the plat-form. According to one historian (Richard S. West,Jr.), a package of silverware was confiscated froma Mrs. Ferguson at New Orleans in August claimed it belonged to a Mr. Gillis. As a result,the military authorities turned the silver over toneither of them. In December 1862 a Mr. Villeneuveclaimed it, producing a bill of sale. EventuallyVilleneuve was told that the silver had been carriedaway by General Butlers financial agent, who haddeparted with the General. He appealed to theFrench consul who referred the matter to theFrench Minister in Washington. The investigationdragged on until the spring of 1864 when Butlersent his financial agent back to New Orleans to seewhat could be learned. The financial agent had aninterview with the Assistant Quartermaster, whoadmitted that he once had the silver in his posses-sion, but had sold and accounted fo
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