Louis Snaer Explained

Louis A. Snaer (? - 1917) was a state legislator in Louisiana.[1] He served as an officer in the Louisiana Native Guard.[2] [3] He was Creole.

Snaer was seriously wounded in the American Civil War. He was honored for bravery. He was a Republican after the war. He had a wife Maria and three children. He died in California.[4]

He was documented in the House as "of Iberia".[5] He served two terms in the House.[6] Other offices held by Snaer include school board director.[7] [8]

He was a storekeeper at the New Orleans Custom House.[9] In 1866 he testified he saw police firing into the Mechanics Institute and at African Americans trying to escape and found them in his store where goods were missing.[10] He and Samuel Walefield were the proprietors of the Iberia Banner newspaper.[11]

Sosthene L. Snaer represented Saint Martin Parish at the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1868.[12] Samuel Snaer was a musician and composer in New Orleans.

Lerome Snaer is one of his descendants.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louisiana History. August 20, 2009. Louisiana Historical Association. Google Books.
  2. Book: Hargrove, Hondon B.. Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War. September 19, 2003. McFarland. 9780786416974 . Google Books.
  3. Web site: French Creole | Louis A. Snaer.
  4. Book: Coddington, Ronald S.. African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album. August 20, 2012. JHU Press. 9781421406251 . Google Books.
  5. Web site: Official Journal of the Proceedings of House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana at the ... General Assembly .... Louisiana Legislature House of. Representatives. August 20, 1878. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Green. Barbara. 2013. African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album. Louisiana State University. August 20, 2022.
  7. Web site: Report. Louisiana Department of. Education. June 17, 1872. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Journal: 1st-13th Congress. Repr. . 14th Congress, 1st Session-50th Congress, 1st Session. United States Congress. Senate. June 17, 1873. Google Books.
  9. Web site: The Campaign Text Book: Why the People Want a Change ; the Republican Party Reviewed ; Its Sins of Commission and Omission ; a Summary of Leading Events in Our History Under Republican Administration. Democratic National. Committee (U.S.). June 17, 1880. National Democratic Committee. Google Books.
  10. Web site: House Documents. United States House of. Representatives. June 17, 1867. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
  11. Web site: Louisiana teacher starts Black newspaper now being preserved | New Orleans CityBusiness. The. Advertiser. April 11, 2022.
  12. Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner
  13. Web site: 7th Fleet Sailor continues 150-year old legacy. Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet.

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