Pulaski riot addition to the riot, whites killed blacks in other local incidents, and conducted campaigns of general harassment against freedmen and their sympathizers in the area. The riot was a demonstration of the KKK's growing power in Giles County, and the Middle Tennessee area. KKK members were said to commit more than 1,300 murders during the run up the Election of 1868. Most of the violence were directed towards blacks to intimidate them and break Republican support, though "carpetbagger" and "scalawag" whites were also targeted. Pulaski riot The Pulaski riot was a race riot that occurred in Pulaski, Tennessee, on January
Pulaski County, Virginia second wife Elizabeth Hoge. Eliza died 2 hours after James' birth, and his maternal grandparents brought him the 300 miles back to Pulaski County and reared him here. His grandparents were General James F. Hoge and Eleanor Haven Howe, and they owned what is now known as Belle-Hampton estate. James lived with his grandparents until he enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861, and served until the end of the war, when he was paroled at Appomattox. After the war, he returned to Pulaski to farm, and became interested in politics. In 1877 he was chosen as Senator for the