Episodes Located: GILES, Tennessee in the 1860's

  1. Pulaski Riot and Murders: Evidence of the KKK
    date January 11, 1868map GILES, Tennesseetags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    On January 11, 1868 Sub. Asst. Comr. Michael Walsh, a member of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and Abandoned Lands, wrote a letter to his superiors discussing a recent riot in Pulaski, Tennessee. Walsh traveled to Tennessee on January the Ninth to investigate the riot, murder, and wounding of several men. He ultimately concluded that on January 7, 1868 a group of white men, formal...