Alcibiades DeBlanc
Jean Maximilien Alcibiades Derneville DeBlanc (September 16, 1821 – November 8, 1883) was a lawyer and state legislator in Louisiana. He served as a colonel for the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Afterward, he founded the Knights of the White Camelia, a white insurgent militia that operated from 1867–1869 to suppress freedmen's voting, disrupt Republican Party political organizing and try to regain political control of the state government in the 1868 election. A Congressional investigation overturned 1868 election results in Louisiana.
Alcibiades DeBlanc | |
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| Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court | |
| In office 1877–1880 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 16, 1821 St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 1883 (aged 62) St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mathilde Briant |
| Children | Derneville DeBlanc
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| Residence(s) | (1) St. Martinville, Louisiana (2) Franklin, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Confederate Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
But DeBlanc continued to oppose the Reconstruction effort; he was influential in commanding 600 men to oppose the disputed election of Governor William Pitt Kellogg in 1874 and try to seat the Democrats. He was briefly arrested and held by U.S. Marshals. In 1876 he was appointed by Democratic governor Francis T. Nicholls as a Louisiana Supreme Court Justice after white Democrats regained political control in the state.