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The Battle of Liberty Place, or Battle of Canal Street, was an attempted insurrection by the Crescent City White League against the Reconstruction Era Louisiana Republican state government on September 14, 1874, in New Orleans, which was the capital of Louisiana at the time.
He was joined in this work by two of his sons, who served as his clerks. Dubuclet was reelected both in 1870 and 1874. Dubuclet was the only officeholder allowed to remain in office during the minor coup d'état, known as the Battle of Liberty Place that occurred in September 1874. [5]
The Battle of Liberty Place Monument is a stone obelisk on an inscribed plinth, formerly on display in New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, commemorating the "Battle of Liberty Place", an 1874 attempt by Democratic White League paramilitary organizations to take control of the government of Louisiana from its Reconstruction Era Republican leadership after a disputed gubernatorial election.
A Battle of Liberty Place Monument was erected in New Orleans in 1891. The monument initially celebrated the Battle of Liberty Place, [11] also known as the Battle of Canal Street, which was a failed coup d'état and riot led by White League paramilitary terrorists in September 1874. In December 2016, the city council voted to remove the ...
Battle of Liberty Place: September 14, 1874 New Orleans, Louisiana: White League: Attempted insurrection by the Crescent City White League against the Reconstruction Louisiana state government. [26] Federal troops restored the elected government. Part of anti-Reconstruction violence against the Union. Election Riot of 1874: November 3, 1874 ...
During protests of election irregularities in 1874, referred to as the Battle of Liberty Place, an armed force of 8,400 members of the anti-Reconstructionist White League advanced on the State House in New Orleans, which was the capitol of Louisiana at the time, after Republican William Pitt Kellogg was declared the winner of a close and ...
Battle of Liberty Place This page was last edited on 1 February 2025, at 20:17 (UTC). Text is ... Category: September 1874 in the United States.
Charles J. Leeds was the 37th mayor of New Orleans (November 30, 1874 – December 19, 1876).. Leeds was a member of the white supremacist organization White League and had furnished its members with artillery and small arms during their insurrection against the elected government in the so-called Battle of Liberty Place in 1874.