Ku Klux Klan papers, 1871-1872.

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Ku Klux Klan papers, 1871-1872.

Papers of Capt. Howe relating to his service with the 4th U. S. Artillery in Shelby County, North Carolina. Includes general orders, requests for military assistance in making arrests, correspondence regarding Klan activities, confessions of Klan members, and a volume of depositions of victims of the Ku Klux Klan,

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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.).

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Howe, Albion, 1841-1873.

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Born in St. Augustine. Served in the volunteer artillery during the Civil War; afterward appointed to the regular army. Captain of the 4th U.S. Artillery; involved in the suppression of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina, 1871-1872, and in the Modoc Campaign, 1872-1873, during which he was killed. From the description of Ku Klux Klan papers, 1871-1872. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 77502643 ...

United States. Army. Artillery Regiment, 4th

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