Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta, Butler ya umurci rundunar da ta yi, tare da rundunar sojan Amurka, suka dauki Fort Hatteras da Clark
a Arewacin Carolina. Wannan motsi, na farko da babbar nasara ta Union bayan Bull Run na farko, ya sami yabo a Washington kuma ya sami yabo daga Butler daga Shugaba Lincoln. Daga nan sai aka mayar da Butler zuwa Massachusetts don tara sabbin sojoji. Wannan ya jefa Butler cikin gwagwarmayar iko tare da Gwamna Andrew, wanda ya nace kan kiyaye ikonsa na nada jami'an rundunar, yana kin karbar kwamiti (a tsakanin wasu) ɗan'uwan Butler Andrew da kuma wasu manyan abokan aikin janar. Rikicin ya haifar da yakin neman aiki tsakanin Butler da kungiyar 'yan bindiga ta jihar. Rikici ya jinkirta dawowar Butler zuwa Virginia, amma a watan Nuwamba an ba shi umurnin rundunar sojan kasa don ayyukan a Louisiana.