Taylor Beattie

Taylor Beattie (July 4, 1837 – November 19, 1920) was a Confederate States Army officer, politician, and judge from Louisiana. A conservative Republican, he joined the party's Lily-White faction. He was a leader of the militia that carried out the Thibodaux massacre. He declared martial law and organized white supremacist strike breakers. United States District Judge Charlton Reid Beattie was his son.

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