Pulaski Citizen Pulaski Citizen The "Pulaski Citizen" is a local newspaper serving Pulaski, Tennessee. It is currently available in both print and online editions. The "Pulaski Citizen" was founded in 1854 as a four page weekly. It has been in continuous publication since 1866. In the years after the Civil War, the paper's editor was L.W. McCord, whose brother Frank McCord was a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan. During this period L.W. McCord feigned ignorance of what the Ku Klux Klan was, while simultaneously printing messages from them in the paper that he claimed to be mysteriously delivered. Subsequently, Laps
USS Grosbeak (1865) exploded off Memphis, Tennessee, 27 April, 1865, Grosbeak rescued 60 to 80 survivors and transferred them to hospital. She also transported wounded men from boats further down the river to Memphis, Tennessee, for proper care. As the war ended, "Grosbeak" returned to Mound City and was sold there 17 August 1865. USS Grosbeak (1865) USS "Grosbeak" (1865) was a steamship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. "Grosbeak" was placed into service as a gunboat and assigned to the Union blockade of ports of the Confederate States of America. "Grosbeak", renamed from "Fanny", was purchased at Mound