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NOTABLE LATINOS Farragut, David G. (1801-1870). Union admiral of Spanish ancestry who led the USS Hartford past the Chalmette batteries and took the port city of New Orleans by securing control of the Mississippi River and effectively capturing the state for the Union. Velazquez, Loreta Janeta (c. 1842-c. 1898). Cuban-born woman and Confederate Army soldier who was decommissioned in New Orleans after it was established the she was masquerading as a man. Lazaro, Ladislas (1872-1927). The first Latino to serve in the United States House of Representatives, from 1908 until 1912. He attended Holy Cross College in New Orleans and

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Louisiana

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Chronology After the British invade Louisiana, residents of the state from the Canary Islands, called Islehos, organize and establish three regiments. The Islehos had very few weapons, and some served unarmed as the state provided no firearms. By the time the British were defeated, the Islehos had sustained the brunt of life and property loss resulting from the British invasion of Louisiana. The first Mardi Gras parade takes place in New Orleans on Shrove Tuesday with the help and participation of native-born Latin Americans and Islehos. The Spanish-language press in New Orleans supersedes the state’s French-language press in reach and

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