Category:Andre Cailloux
English: Andre Cailloux (1825 – May 27, 1863) was one of the first black officers in the Union Army to be killed in combat during the American Civil War. He died heroically during the unsuccessful first attack on the Confederate fortifications during the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana. Accounts of his heroism were widely reported in the press, and became a rallying cry for the recruitment of African Americans into the Union Army.
Français : André Cailloux (1825 – 1863), qui faisait partie des gens de couleur libres (créoles) de La Nouvelle-Orléans, était capitaine aux Corps d'Afrique (1st Louisiana Native Guards, compagnie E) pendant la guerre de Sécession, qui résista avec quelques autres officiers aux tentatives du gouverneur militaire Nathaniel Prentice Banks d'écarter les « personnes de couleur » des postes de commandement.
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| Date of birth | 25 August 1825 Plaquemine | ||||
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| Date of death | 27 May 1863 Port Hudson | ||||
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Media in category "Andre Cailloux"
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