VP Beast Butler?

[Thomas Thorne]

Ben Butler is one of those historical characters who compels you to take a bath after reading about him.

It is interesting he is most infamous for his order to his command to treat women who insulted or dumped the contents of chamber pots on Union soldiers as prostitutes. This won him international execration. It tells you something about the social mores of the Victorian era that Butler is more remembered for this decree than his extravagant thefts and participation in contraband activity that enriched Butler,his friends and sometimes even the Confederacy.
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