Race in the United States criminal justice system same time period, unequal treaties towards Native Americans led to a large decrease in Native American land holdings, and Native Americans were forced into reservations. Latin Americans entering the country were also a target for the penal system during this time. The Ku Klux Klan, was founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee as a vigilante organization whose goal was to keep control over freed slaves; It performed acts of lawlessness against negroes and other minorities. This included taking negro prisoners from the custody of officers or breaking into jails to put them to death. Few efforts were made by civil
12th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry 24. King's Gap, near Pulaski, December 25. At Gravelly Springs, Ala., until February 1865. At Eastport, Miss., until May. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., May 15–17, thence to Rolla, Mo., June 20–26, and to Fort Riley, Kan., June 29-July 8. The regiment lost a total of 226 men during service; 5 officers and 28 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 191 enlisted men died of disease. 12th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry The 12th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 12th Tennessee Cavalry was