Contemporary Press Engraving New Orleans White League Militia Insurrection 1874

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA Dramatic scenes from the New Orleans “Battle of Liberty Place, or Battle of Canal Street,” which was an attempted insurrection and coup d'etat by the White League, a terrorist white supremacist militia group, targeting the Reconstruction Era Louisiana Republican state government on September 14, 1874, in New Orleans, then the capital of Louisiana. At issue was the disputed 1872 election for governor. The Lincoln-style Republican candidate was declared the winner, but the Southern-style Democratic candidate McEnery claimed the election was stolen. In 1874, McEnery and his allies formed a “rump” legislature in New Orleans. The White League militia group entered the city with a force of 5,000 to seat McEnery; they fought for control against 3,500 police and loyal state militia, the latter commanded by former Confederate General James Longstreet. The White League defeated the state militia, inflicting about 100 casualties. The insurgents occupied the state house and armory for three days, and ousted Governor Kellogg (the candidate who had been legally proclaimed the winner). When General Longstreet tried to stop the fighting, he was pulled from his horse, shot by a spent bullet, and taken prisoner by the White League. President U.S. Grant dispatched Federal troops but the White League insurrectionists retreated from New Orleans before the Federal troops arrived, and no one was prosecuted. This is a contemporary page from the French weekly L’Illustration from October 17, 1874, not a later copy or reproduction. A great piece of Americana and post-Civil War Reconstruction history, and perfect for framing, as an illustration in a publication or exhibition, or as a gift. 13.25 in x 9.5 in

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