Abstract
The events that transpired on 7 December 1862 between Corporal John Andrew and Archibald Montgomery demonstrate that New Orleans, Louisiana, was transforming from a slave society to something akin to an equitable society. Thanks to General Benjamin Butler and the Louisiana Native Guards, People of Color living in the city had some hope of a future in the South after the Civil War. While the change was not lasting, this case gives a glimpse of how it might have looked like if the federal government had preserved the rights of all.
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Anthony J. Cade II, “A Free Man, Fortiori a Soldier: Corporal John Andrew vs. Archibald Montgomery and the Transformation of New Orleans,” The Journal of Military History 88, no. 3 (July 2024): 660–680.