Taylor Beattie

Taylor Beattie (July 4, 1837 – November 19, 1920)[1] was a Confederate States Army officer, politician, and judge from Louisiana. A conservative Republican, he joined the party's Lily-White faction.[2] He was a leader of the militia that carried out the Thibodaux massacre.[3] He declared martial law and organized white supremacist strike breakers.[4] United States District Judge Charlton Reid Beattie was his son.[5]

  1. ^ "Taylor Beattie, Veteran Judge, Died Yesterday", The Alexandria Town Talk (November 20, 1920), p. 1.
  2. ^ Nystrom, Justin A. (June 1, 2010). New Orleans after the Civil War: Race, Politics, and a New Birth of Freedom. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801899973 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ ""Red-Handed Murder: Negroes Wantonly Killed at Thibodaux, La." | Anonymous (November 26, 1887)". www.historyisaweapon.com.
  4. ^ "The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades". Smithsonian Magazine.
  5. ^ "Charlton Reid Beattie | Eastern District of Louisiana | United States District Court". www.laed.uscourts.gov.