tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post8678159936673346749..comments2024-03-25T14:51:02.583-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: Booknotes: Kirk's Civil War Raids Along the Blue RidgeDW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-78629262620486979992018-03-03T15:55:09.262-08:002018-03-03T15:55:09.262-08:00After the war Reconstruction governor William Hold...After the war Reconstruction governor William Holden, facing Klan activity in Alamance County and elsewhere, suspended habeas corpus appointed Kirk to suppress it. As might be expected it was a bloody affair and simply inflamed tensions. Hard to imagine him appointing a more divisive figure for this sort of work, and it was one more thing that led to Holden's impeachment.Ebeneezer Flamsteedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674003838563523839noreply@blogger.com