Battle of Canal Street

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The Battle of Canal Street, better known as the Battle of Liberty Place, was an 1874 armed insurrection in New Orleans in which the White League temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction-era Republican state government.

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instanceOf armed insurrection
coup attempt
historical event
political conflict
aftermath strengthening of Redeemer Democratic movement in Louisiana
undermining of Reconstruction in Louisiana
alsoKnownAs Battle of Liberty Place
belligerent Metropolitan Police of New Orleans
Reconstruction-era Republican state government of Louisiana
White League
state militia loyal to the Republican government
cause White supremacist resistance to Black political participation
opposition to Reconstruction policies in Louisiana
commemoratedBy Liberty Place monument (later removed)
conflictSide defenders: Republican state government and allied forces
insurgents: White League
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
conflictType urban armed uprising
country United States
date September 14, 1874
hasAlternativeName Battle of Liberty Place
historicalPeriod post–American Civil War era
ideologyOfInsurgents Democratic Party alignment in Reconstruction-era Louisiana
white supremacy
involves racial and political violence in the Reconstruction South
location New Orleans, Louisiana
linked to: New Orleans
namedAfter Canal Street in New Orleans
opposedGovernment Republican Party government of Louisiana
organizedBy White League
partOf Reconstruction era
post–Civil War Reconstruction in Louisiana
politicalContext struggle over control of Louisiana state government during Reconstruction
region American South
relatedTo Reconstruction in the United States
linked to: Reconstruction era

White League
White supremacist paramilitary violence in the Reconstruction era
restoredBy federal troops sent by the U.S. government
result intervention by federal troops to restore the Republican government
temporary overthrow of the Republican state government in New Orleans
shortDescription 1874 White League insurrection that temporarily overthrew the Reconstruction Republican government in New Orleans
significance major challenge to federal Reconstruction authority in Louisiana
targetedEntity Reconstruction-era Republican state government of Louisiana
timePeriod 19th century
tookPlaceOn Canal Street
year 1874

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Battle of Liberty Place alsoKnownAs Battle of Canal Street