The Pope County Militia War conflict between the Reconstruction government of the state and country partisans, some of them former confederates, who opposed reconstruction. It entailed the assassination of many local officials and is often seen as a prelude to the Brooks-Baxter War of 1874. Pope County, lacking a large slave economy, had been divided in terms of loyalty during the civil war, and those divisions ran high even after the formal end of hostilities. In 1865, Governor Isaac Murphy appointed Archibald Dodson Napier, a former Federal officer, as sheriff of Pope County. On October 25, 1865, he and his deputy, Albert M. Parks, were both shot from ambush as they rode horseback along the old Springfield road east of Dover, then the county …show more content…
Elisha W. Dodson was appointed sheriff, with John H. Williams, younger brother of Morris Williams, as deputy. Wallace Hakes Hickox was appointed by the governor to be county clerk after stout. In spring of 1867, two federal companies under a Major Mulligan were stationed in dover to help the civil authorities bring order to the area. The troops remained until 1869, when Governor Powell Clayton removed them. However, violence flared up again with the July 5, 1872, assassination attempt upon Deputy Williams. In response, Dodson received permission from Ozro A. Hadley, who was serving as governor following Claytons 1871 resignation, to organize a company of militia to clamp down on the violence. On July 8, County Clerk Wallace H. Hickox, Sheriff Dodson, and William A. Stewart, the county superintendent of public instruction, arrested Nicholas J. Hale as well as his son William, Joseph Tucker, and Isham Liberty West. the posse, taking their prisoners to Dardanelle, crossed Shiloh Creek in the dark when shots were fired into the group of prisoners. Tucker and William Hale were shot from their horses; both were
First we will touch on the deposition of Theodore Bliss, a local colonist. In Mr. Bliss’s deposition he states the colonists were provoking the soldiers. The colonists were throwing snowballs and yelling aggravating words at them. According to Mr. Bliss it was not until a soldier was struck with a stick that the first fire was shot. The deposition state that the order to fire was not given by Captain Preston. After the first shot was fired Mr. Bliss thinks the captain gave the order to fire but is not sure due to the fact a lot of people were yelling at the soldiers to fire. Claims none of the colonists charged at the soldiers prior to the first shot, but that after the first shot a couple of the colonists attempted to ...
After the Civil War, Rutherford B. Hayes was president and he promised to remove the last federal soldiers from the south. This act lead to the KKK (Ku-Klux-Klan) outbreak of violence. In Document B, Colby,a former slave who was elected to the Georgia State Legislature during Reconstruction, was kidnapped and whipped for three hours or more and left him for dead. This states that the South killed Reconstruction because of the outbreak of the KKK. Another piece of evidence is in Document A, Tourgee, served as a judge during Reconstruction and wrote this letter to the Northern Carolina Republican Senator, Joseph Carter Abbott. He informs him that their friend John W. Stephens, state senator from casswell, is dead. He was foully murdered by the Ku-Klux-Klan in the Grand Jury room of the Courthouse, he was stabbed five or six times, and then hanged on a hook in the Grand Jury room. This also
After Davis’ arrest, the deputies in the clerk office resumed issuing marriage licenses. After 5 days in jail, Nancy Davis was released and ordered not to interfere with the deputy’s issuance of marriage license. Davis has asked the deputies to continue issuing licenses but they have been altered. David removed the county name, her name and her signature, potentially making the document invalid. There have been no reproductions of or alteration of the licenses.
The Battle of Pea Ridge, otherwise known as the battle of Elkhorn Tavern was fought several miles out from Pea Ridge Arkansas, a "broad table land", in an area around Elkhorn Tavern and Tanyard. The Battle spanned from the night of March 6 to the afternoon of March 8 in 1862. The commanding officers for the Confederate side in this battle were Major General Earl Van Dorn and Brigadier General Albert Pike. For the Federal's side there were Major General Samuel R. Curtis and Brigadier General Franz Sigel (Battle).
...p;The bombardment had lasted thirty-six hours, and over 3,000 shot and shell had been hurled at the fort. The evacuation of the fort took place the following day on April 14, 1861. The fort had been evacuate, not surrendered. Before the evacuation the citizens of Taunton Mass. had voted Maj. Anderson an elegant sword. New York gave him the freedom of the city in a gold box. Finally, on June 6, 1861, the Chamber of Commerce of New York ordered the execution of a series of medals to be presented to Maj. Anderson and to each man of the garrison. (www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-fort-sumter.html)
Possession of the better part of two states vital to the South depended on the outcome of the battle at Fort Donelson. When war began in April 1861, Kentucky declared its neutrality, in response to deep conflicts of opinion among its citizens. Considering neutrality impossible to maintain, North and South maneuvered for position once Kentucky was opened to military operations. The Confederates constructed fortifications on both the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers just south of the Kentucky line. They built Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, on ground susceptible to flooding, but chose higher ground for Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River.
In July 1864, the Radical Republican proposed the Wade-Davis Bill in response to Lincoln’s lenient plan (Keene 412). The Radical Republicans Reconstruction Plan had called for the punishment of the South (SparkNotes). The Wade-Davis bill asserted congressional control over the rehabilitation of the defeated Confederacy and it also prohibited Confederate officials and veterans from voting (Keene 413). Lincoln, however, vetoed the bill because it was a harsher means to unite the country. This refusal had angered the Republicans and showed the contrasting opinions that the legislative and executive branch obtain about Reconstruction (Keene 413). With the ratification of the Amendments, tension built around the southern districts. To enforce the security of the African Americans elections, martial law (1867-1870) was implemented throughout the southern districts that included the Carolinas and Texas (Dockswell). The ex-Confederates were directly affected by the martial law and the upcoming Johnson plan because it had ultimately kept the southerners in surveillance and in strict provisions. Upon the assassination of Lincoln in 1865, the preceding President (Andrew Johnson) took a whole different approach to Lincolns Plan
At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Grant was appointed colonel, and soon afterward brigadier general, of the Illinois Volunteers, and in September 1861 he seized Paducah, Kentucky. After an indecisive raid on Belmont, Missouri, he gained fame when in February 1862, in conjunction with the navy; he succeeded in reducing Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee, forcing General Simon B. Buckner to accept unconditional surrender. The Confederates surprised Grant at Shiloh, but he held his ground and then moved on to Corinth. In 1863 he established his reputation as a strategist in the brilliant campaign against Vicksburg, Mississippi, which took place on July 4. After being appointed commander in the West, he defeated Braxton Bragg at Chattanooga. Grant's victories made him so prominent that he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and in February 1864 was given command of all Union armies.
Learning your brother has passed is sad but watching him be murdered is the most traumatic thing a young boy could be put through. Sam had been accused of cattle theft, but it was his own cattle. Tim tried to explain to general Putnam but he refused to listen saying that the execution would show soldiers that they will be punished for their actions and might save civilians lives. They went on with the execution and “shot him so close that his clothes were on fire.he went on jerking with flames on his chest until another soldier shot him again.then he stopped jerking”(208). The patriots killed on of their own to save others. Sam did not do anything and was totally innocent but he did not have enough telling points to prove that he was. It was unfair that instead of somebody that actually committed a crime was not executed as an example. Tim would not want to choose a side where he was not protected by his own people. Being neutral was the best choice for Tim since he was against war overall and did not want to support either
The case of Mississippi Burning dealt with the incident of three Mississippi Summer Project Volunteers disappearance: Andrew Goodman, 20, Michael Schwerner, 24, also called “Goatee” or “Jew-Boy “by the KKK, , and James Chaney, 21. These young men were shot and killed on a road in Neshoba County because of their active involvement in fighting for African American civil rights and their voting rights. Neshoba County of Longdale had a reputation for “being hard on the blacks” (www.core-online.org). Lawrence Rainey, Neshoba County Sheriff, and his deputy, Cecil Price, were both members of the KKK. They initiated Plan 4 to do away with Michael Schwerner on Memorial Day and any other activists, so along with thirty men armed with shotguns they showed up to Mount Zion Church to kill him. They were unsuccessful as they did ...
Despite the war being over there was still tension, and the nation was as divided as ever. The southern democrats saw a lot of policies as a way to punish the south. The southern states were still economically crushed from the war which embittered them further after their loss.
The Civil War left Texas in ruins with slavery being abolished and African Americans being given rights. This changed the entire political and social structure. Farmers who relied on free labor as their main income suffered greatly. Since most of the battles were not in Texas they did not have to rebuild their infrastructure like other states.
Following the American Civil War, the whole nation was forever changed and was the result of many good and bad things. Although it was a very costly war and was So, the Civil War did define us and made us the good and the bad things we are and led to an extremely significant change because slavery was abolished once and for all and African American rights followed many years later, the Federal Government imposed more power over the states, our country was divided for a while, and it left the nation in debt due to the fact that we fought each other.
In the first battle of Winchester the Confederates won. The confederate soldiers were led by famous general, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The Union troops were commanded by Nathaniel Banks. Stonewall Jackson had just defeated General John C. Fremont in May, 1862. He then set his sights on Banks. The battle was extremely
To understand the man you have to understand his trajectory, where he is from. "Politics have long been an important part of Edgefield's history. Many of the state's leaders came from this area, including ten former Governors: Andrew Pickens, Jr., George McDuffie, Pierce Mason Butler, James H. Hammond, Francis W. Pickens, Milledge Luke Bonham, Jon C. Sheppard, Benjamin Tillman, John Gary Evans, and Strom Thurmond." "Edgefield County was one of the first counties to mobilize troops for the Civil War, after the war, Martin Gary and M.C. Butler were instrumental in forming the Red Shirt Movement to combat corruption and violence during the Reconstruction."