There were new confrontations on the Red River, and in New Orleans eight thousand armed men invaded the city in September 1874 to overthrow the Republican government headed by Gov. William Pitt Kellogg. At the Battle of Canal Street they overwhelmed the police; seized the city hall, statehouse, and arsenal; and forced Kellogg to retreat to the Custom House. This armed rebellion shocked Grant into action. Kellogg was saved by the arrival of six regiments of federal troops in the city.
