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
Church of the Messiah (Pulaski, Tennessee) Church of the Messiah (Pulaski, Tennessee) The Church of the Messiah, located at 114 North 3rd Street in Pulaski, Tennessee, in the United States, is an historic Episcopal church that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1887 and designed by architect George W. Quintard, the brother of Charles Quintard, the Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee. The Church of the Messiah was established in 1834. Its current building was consecrated on December 11, 1887, by Bishop Charles Quintard. Earlier in the year, the setting of the building's cornerstone had been attended by more than 3,000