5-line autographed sentiment, on what is apparently a leaf removed from an autograph album. 9x7.

The Union general, who was to gain notoriety for his administration in New Orleans in 1862, here in the early stages of the war states his patriotic resolve: "This union cost our fathers much treasure and much blood, we must not part with for less that the first cost. May 19, 1861, Benj. F. Butler."