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
USS Pulaski (1854) not in a position to be navigated back to the United States. Subsequently purchased and renamed USS "Pulaski", she operated in South American waters from early 1859 until 22 January 1863, when she was decommissioned and sold by auction at Montevideo, Uruguay. In the first months of 1865 she was purchased by Paraguay. Until about 1870 she operated on the Río de la Plata as a civilian vessel. USS Pulaski (1854) USS "Pulaski", was a side-wheel steamship, in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Kazimierz Pułaski. Named "Metacomet" when built for commercial owners in 1854, she