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Confederate soldier and White Leaguer
Bronze relief of Ogden sculpted in 1921
Frederick Nash Ogden (January 25, 1837 – May 25, 1886)
[1] was a
Confederate officer and leading white supremacist organizer of
New Orleans , Louisiana.
[2] He was a major in the 8th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion during the
Siege of Vicksburg .[
citation needed ] He then led the
9th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment , a mounted infantry unit known as Ogden's Cavalry. After the war he became a leading
White Leaguer and was involved in the
Battle of Liberty Place .
He became known as General Fred Ogden and the
Louisiana State Museum obtained a dress sword he was presented.
[3] It also obtained a few of his papers.
[4]
He served as president of the Crescent City White League shortly after its founding.
[5]
A bronze relief was made of him by George T. Brewster in 1921 for his role at Vicksburg.
[6] His funeral was a major event attended by political leaders. A road in New Orleans was named for him.
References
^ Wheeler, William Ogden; Van Alstyne, Lawrence; Ogden, Charles Burr (1907).
The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 . Philadelphia, Printed for private circulation by J.B. Lippincott company.
^
"General (Frederick) Ogden Drive – City Council Street Renaming Commission" .
^ Museum, Louisiana State (June 14, 1934).
"Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans: Handbook of Information Concerning Its Historic Buildings and the Treasures They Contain" – via Google Books.
^
"Biennial Report of the Board of Curators of the Louisiana State Museum to His Excellency, the Governor and the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana" . 1914.
^
"The Louisiana White League Formed July 1874" . 27 August 2020.
^ Vicksburg, Mailing Address: 3201 Clay Street; Us, MS 39183 Phone:636-0583 Contact.
"Maj. Frederick N. Ogden - Vicksburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)" . www.nps.gov . {{
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