Thomas Hunt's Blog - Posts Tagged "battle-of-liberty-place"
Armed rebellion in 1874 New Orleans
Busy weekend... I neglected to post about the 139th anniversary of the so-called "Battle of Liberty Place."
The event is dealt with in detail in Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia. Macheca, a captain in the conservative Democrat White League, played a pivotal role in the battle against Louisiana's carpetbagger Republican state government.
Read more on the Deep Water blog
The event is dealt with in detail in Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia. Macheca, a captain in the conservative Democrat White League, played a pivotal role in the battle against Louisiana's carpetbagger Republican state government.
Read more on the Deep Water blog
Liberty Place monument removed
Early yesterday morning, New Orleans city workers dismantled and removed a 35-foot obelisk commemorating the 1874 Battle of Liberty Place.
As readers of Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia are aware, the battle was an important moment in Macheca's life. In the conflict between the conservative Democratic "White League" and the Republican Reconstruction government of Louisiana, Macheca commanded a White League-aligned force of immigrant Sicilians.
The monument was erected in 1891 (the same year that Macheca and ten other men were killed by a New Orleans lynch mob). Originally dedicated to the White League members who lost their lives in the fight, the monument later became a symbol for white supremacists and a cause of decades of controversy.
Read more on the Writers of Wrongs website.
As readers of Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia are aware, the battle was an important moment in Macheca's life. In the conflict between the conservative Democratic "White League" and the Republican Reconstruction government of Louisiana, Macheca commanded a White League-aligned force of immigrant Sicilians.
The monument was erected in 1891 (the same year that Macheca and ten other men were killed by a New Orleans lynch mob). Originally dedicated to the White League members who lost their lives in the fight, the monument later became a symbol for white supremacists and a cause of decades of controversy.
Read more on the Writers of Wrongs website.
