John McEnery (politician)
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John McEnery was a Louisiana Democratic politician and lawyer who was considered by Democrats to be the winner of the highly contested 1872 election for Governor of Louisiana. After extended controver
John McEnery's portrait, 1880s
Battle of Liberty Place
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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 Septembe
John McEnery (politician)
…and state militia on September 14, 1874. They occupied the statehouse and armory and turned the Republican Kellogg out of office. This was called the Battle of Liberty Place. It was not until Federal troops were on their way that the forces retreated from New Orleans. McEnery had encouraged armed action in a speech in June…
The "Louisiana Outrages", as illustrated in Harper's Weekly, 1874
James Longstreet after the Civil War
"Battle at the Customs House", an engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1874
Frederick Nash Ogden