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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08370.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Benjamin F. Butler to Dorothea Dix advising the ladies of Williamsburg to take the oath of allegiance |
| Date | 14 October 1864 |
| Author | Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) |
| Recipient | Dix, Dorothea |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "Will Miss Dix give Gen. Butler any good reason why Mrs. Lottie Galt & other harmless old ladies of Williamsburg should not be loyal women & take the oath of allegiance in return for protection for the United States. A Rebel is never harmless." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Women's History Confederate States of America Oath |
| People | Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893) Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-1887) |
| Place written | Washington |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |