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The First Louisiana Native Guards November 17, 2004 |
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I was researching Ernest Morphy and came across something interesting, if inconclusive, on a page for the Louisiana Native Guards The Louisiana Guards were a regimen of black soldiers formed after the fall of New Orleans by Gen. Butler, by an order issued August 2, 1862, from the remnants of a failed Confederate attempt to arm freed blacks and mulattos. The story is quite fascinating and can be read at the above link. But what caught my eye was a name in the muster roster:
note that Ernest Morphy was an officer.
This page gives further insight:
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