Frederick Nash Ogden

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 was an unsuccessful candidate to be Democratic nominee for governor of Louisiana in 1884.[3]

He became known as General Fred Ogden and the Louisiana State Museum obtained a dress sword he was presented.[4] It also obtained a few of his papers.[5]

He served as president of the Crescent City White League shortly after its founding.[6]

A bronze relief was made of him by George T. Brewster in 1921 for his role at Vicksburg.[7] His funeral was a major event attended by political leaders. A road in New Orleans was named for him.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "General (Frederick) Ogden Drive – City Council Street Renaming Commission".
  3. ^ Kendall, John (1922). "Kendall's History of New Orleans - Chapter 30".
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "The Louisiana White League Formed July 1874". 27 August 2020.
  7. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)