Caesar Antoine

Caesar Carpentier Antoine (c. 1836–1921) was a soldier, businessman, editor, and African-American Republican politician in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was a member of the Louisiana Senate before serving as the 13th lieutenant governor of Louisiana.

Biography Born a free man of color in New Orleans,

During the Civil War, he served as Captain in the 7th Louisiana Regiment Infantry and 10th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment. After the war, he moved to Shreveport, Louisiana. He was a member of St. Paul's Colored Methodist Episcopal Church and lived in the Allendale neighborhood.

In 2008, C. C. Antoine Celebration was established as an annual event during Black History Month in Shreveport.

Antoine's house in Shreveport was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 1999. It was destroyed by fire in May 2022.