Alcibiades DeBlanc

Alcibiades DeBlanc
Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
In office 1877–1880
Personal details
Born	(1821-09-16)September 16, 1821 St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	November 8, 1883(1883-11-08) (aged 62) St. Martinville, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Mathilde Briant
Children	Derneville DeBlanc Gilbert DeBlanc Adrienne DeBlanc Corinne DeBlanc Raphael DeBlanc Daniel DeBlanc Mathilde DeBlanc Jefferson DeBlanc
Residence(s)	(1) St. Martinville, Louisiana (2) Franklin, Louisiana, U.S.
Military service
Branch/service	Confederate Army
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg

Jean Maximilien Alcibiades Derneville DeBlanc (September 16, 1821 – November 8, 1883) was a lawyer and state legislator in Louisiana. He served as a colonel for the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Afterward, he founded the Knights of the White Camelia, a white insurgent militia that operated from 1867–1869 to suppress freedmen's voting, disrupt Republican Party political organizing and try to regain political control of the state government in the 1868 election.^[1] A Congressional investigation overturned 1868 election results in Louisiana.

DeBlanc continued to oppose Reconstruction; he commanded 600 men, opposed the disputed election of Governor William Pitt Kellogg in 1874, tried to seat the Democrats. He was arrested briefly and held by U.S. Marshals. In 1876 he was appointed by Democratic governor Francis T. Nicholls as a Louisiana Supreme Court Justice after white Democrats regained political control in the state.^[1]