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The Battle of Liberty Place--New Orleans

Here is an even handed account of the Battle of Liberty Place aka Battle of Canal Street. There were over 5,000 white citizens on the side of the White League and most of them were former Confederate soldiers led by generals. That was almost enough men to fill a division and they thoroughly whipped Longstreet and his Metropolitan Police Farce spelled with an "a" and state militia goons.
There was a lot of provocation from Unionists, carpet baggers and a minority of the free black folks for 12 long years, but people who do not study history claim today the battle was all about white racism.

https://thehayride.com/2017/04/bayham-what-actually-happened-at-the-battle-of-liberty-place/

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