I note what you say about the prejudice that exits in the South in regard to myself...  The people in the South remember that I carried on war against them when they were my enemy and the enemies of my country... When I am called to make war, I kill slay, and destroy my enemies in every way I can... I am sorry I did not do it better, and more of it, because that would have saved a great many valuable lives on both sides... I make peace the same way that I make war... When I am at peace, I am at peace all over, and I don't have any sleeping prejudices against those with whom I make peace because they were once my enemies. 

Benjamin Butler

Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life

Elizabeth D. Leonard