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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 13: occupations in 1863; exchange of prisoners. (search)
e rebel cabinet on the subject, with a decided division of opinion. It was finally decided that the United States Government should be notified that as General Butler had been outlawed by Mr. Davis' proclamation, in company with all officers who should command negro troops, they would not treat with him as agent of exchange. In this way it was supposed the issue presented by the United States commissioner might be avoided. A letter to this effect was forwarded by Mr. Ould under date of December 27. This letter was promptly returned, with the information that the government did not recognize the right of the rebel authorities to outlaw its officers, and that neither General Butler nor his officers could be intimidated from the performance of their duties by any such threats, and that the government knew how to protect itself and retaliate outrages upon their persons. The Virginia legislature, as I was informed, passed a resolution asking Mr. Davis to reverse the outlawry and rec