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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"State Troops"”.
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Thomas Sumter's Law: Slavery In the Southern Backcountry During the American Revolution
… slaves and other Loyalist property, taken by the troops during the campaign, as an enlistment bounty granted to men willing to serve for a period of ten months in the state forces beginning in April, 1781. The idea of offering a slave bounty succeeded as a lure for Revolutionary Era backcountry …
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The Ku Klux Klan Movement in Williamson County, Illinois, 1923--1926
… April 1926, twenty people lost their lives, and state troops came to the county five times to restore order. The Klan exacerbated the problem of lawlessness, instead of solving it, and fixed the sobriquet ""Bloody Williamson,"" instead of removing it. Citizens realized their mistake of depending …
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Maligned “Milish:” Mississippi Militiamen in the Civil War
… Civil War and enlisted or were drafted into state organized militias. In Mississippi, these units were termed Mississippi State Troops or Minute Men. This thesis argues that Mississippi militiamen’s pre-war positions and localized conception of military service directly influenced their …
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"PRACTICALLY IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES": THE 1ST REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARD OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1903-1912
… National Guard Association, who insisted that state troops remain the nation’s second line of defense. In 1903, Congress passed the Dick Act, which stipulated that militia and National Guard units would continue to serve as the primary reserve to the regular army. To ensure Guardsmen were up to …