. Popular history of the civil war . ed itscapture. In the autumn of 1861 General Butler got per-mission to gather an army in the New England States for aparticular purpose. When all was ready, the need for thisarmy had passed. So he said to Secretary Stanton one day,Why cannot New Orleans be taken? It can, was the answer, very much to the purpose. The result of this conversation was, that General Butlerwas appointed to the command of the Department of theGulf; and early in February another fleet set sail fromHampton Roads. The wife of General Butler shared the dangers and hard-ships of the vo
. Popular history of the civil war . ed itscapture. In the autumn of 1861 General Butler got per-mission to gather an army in the New England States for aparticular purpose. When all was ready, the need for thisarmy had passed. So he said to Secretary Stanton one day,Why cannot New Orleans be taken? It can, was the answer, very much to the purpose. The result of this conversation was, that General Butlerwas appointed to the command of the Department of theGulf; and early in February another fleet set sail fromHampton Roads. The wife of General Butler shared the dangers and hard-ships of the voyage. She was every inch a brave the passage was very rough, and the ship was indanger of going to pieces, she never showed a sign of feaRFor thirty days they were tossed about on the Atlantic,before they came to Ship Island. There was not a singlehouse for her to take refuge in when she arrived ; but themen very quickly patched up one for her out of day, after a heavy storm, a little girl, only three years. GENERAL V,. F. BUTLER, i862,] Here a Little, and there a Little. 223 old, was found on the beach. It was supposed that herparents had been drowned in a storm, while she had beencast upon the shore in safety. She told her fathers name,which proved to be that of an outspoken secessionist inNew Orleans, and a physician of that city. Mrs. Butler took the little one, and cared for her ten-derly. The child knew the name of her grandfather in NewOrleans, and General Butler lost no time in sending herhome. To Major George C. Strong, chief-of-staff, wasgiven this privilege. With money to pay her way to NewOrleans, he took her in a sloop, under a flag of truce, toBiloxi, a summer watering-place on the Mississippi he left her. On his return the sloop grounded, andan attempt was made to capture her by some men who hadbeen witnesses of Major Strongs errand. He managed tokeep them off, however, until help came. Of course Gene-ral Butler was indignant.
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