United States Army Twenty-Fifth Colored Infantry Regiment letterbook, 1869.

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United States Army Twenty-Fifth Colored Infantry Regiment letterbook, 1869.

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The nineteen surviving pages of this letterbook contain sixteen letters of Captain Frank M. Cone to Captain George Baldey, an adjutant with Army Headquarters in New Orleans. The letters detail acts of violence and lawlessness of St. Landry Parrish and the local government's inability to contain the violence and punish the perpetrators. Several of the letters concern the administration and living conditions of the regiment. In addition, three period and local newspaper articles on the regiment and violence are pasted within the letterbook.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7170559

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

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Cone, Frank M.

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United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 25th.

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Twenty-Fifth Colored Infantry was stationed in Opelousas, La., in St. Landry Parish and was commanded by Captain Frank M. Cone. Several of the regiment's soldiers and citizens under protection of the regiment were victims of violence from the Ku Klux Klan. From the description of United States Army Twenty-Fifth Colored Infantry Regiment letterbook, 1869. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 268676282 ...