May 8, 1863, Mobile Register And Advertiser
The Shreveport Gazette recently published a card signed by about a hundred foreigners, who, fearing they might be drafted in the militia, adopted that course to notify the people that they were French subjects, and owned no allegiance to Louisiana. The News says that Mr. B. Courtade, one of the signers of the card, was taken out of his bed and “tarred and cottoned” the same night, and the rogue’s march was played before the business houses of the balance.