Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, So Far as Regards the Execution of the Laws, and Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States and Testimony Taken: Testimony taken by the committee (June 2-Nov. 11, 1871) AlabamaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 - Reconstruction |
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Page 661
... Union Guards? Answer. No, sir. Question. You think the body of men that composed the Ku-Klux organization in your section of ijie country never assumed any other name, or were known by any other name than Ku-Klux f ' . Answer. No, sir ...
... Union Guards? Answer. No, sir. Question. You think the body of men that composed the Ku-Klux organization in your section of ijie country never assumed any other name, or were known by any other name than Ku-Klux f ' . Answer. No, sir ...
Page 665
... Union man, was he not ? Answer, Yes, sir. I do not know myself; he told me he was a Union man during the war. Question. You had a class of old Union men in Alabama during the war. Answer, Yes, sir. Question. Was he one of that number ...
... Union man, was he not ? Answer, Yes, sir. I do not know myself; he told me he was a Union man during the war. Question. You had a class of old Union men in Alabama during the war. Answer, Yes, sir. Question. Was he one of that number ...
Page 678
... Union army during the war ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Did they return ? Answer. No, sir; they died. Anderson Blair was Eliza Blair's husband, and she made affidavit for her pay a good many times, but Mr. Wager said she didn't make the ...
... Union army during the war ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Did they return ? Answer. No, sir; they died. Anderson Blair was Eliza Blair's husband, and she made affidavit for her pay a good many times, but Mr. Wager said she didn't make the ...
Page 689
... Union Army ? Answer. Yes, sir; the Forty-fourth Colored Infantry; Colonel Johnson was the colonel. Question. How long were you in the Union service ? Answer. Pretty near three years. Qufjption. Was that generally known here among the ...
... Union Army ? Answer. Yes, sir; the Forty-fourth Colored Infantry; Colonel Johnson was the colonel. Question. How long were you in the Union service ? Answer. Pretty near three years. Qufjption. Was that generally known here among the ...
Page 699
... Union man during the war, and a republican since ; nicknamed or generally called a radical, a name which was not in, very good repute in my neighborhood. I will state further, in my district there is a voting strength, I think, of one ...
... Union man during the war, and a republican since ; nicknamed or generally called a radical, a name which was not in, very good repute in my neighborhood. I will state further, in my district there is a voting strength, I think, of one ...
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