Thomas Floyd (politician)

Thomas Floyd was a soldier in the American Civil War and a state senator in Louisiana who was murdered in the Coushatta massacre of August 1874 by a mob of white supremacists who attacked his home while his wife and daughter were present. He was hauled outside and shot in the head.[1][2][3] An African American, he served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[4]

References
  1. Tunnell, Ted (October 1, 2004). Edge of the Sword: The Ordeal of Carpetbagger Marshall H. Twitchell in the Civil War and Reconstruction. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807130230 – via Google Books.
  2. "Coushatta Massacre". 64 Parishes.
  3. Beyond Coushatta: The 1874 Exodus Out of Red River Parish by R SHERROD (2011) pages 460 to 463
  4. "The Coushatta Massacre 1874 (Louisiana)". October 28, 2020.
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