deadsmoke, you made a good point. Bedford Forest once stated that he took gathered 40,000 Klansmen in several days. You can't take what is said on the literal terms. From what I read, Klan cannot control the blacks, without ridding the whites who support them. One thing I learned is that self serving words of history, don't always say the truth. Once more, and I am getting bit tired of writing this but I never wrote that Khan never attacked blacks. You seem to be more literal minded then I am. Khan primary objective was restored the social order to the pre-civil war days as much as they can. Any blacks or whites, standing in their way, suffered. There, I have restated my statement for your behalf. Please disregard my previous statement that may have led to some confusion. I can adjust and adapt, deadsmoke. Does that help? One more thing, we were talking about Bedford Forest and what he wanted. That was the topic my commentary. Not the Khan but Forest involvement. Stay on target!!