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Federal resolve on Louisiana disturbances and federal troops
President Ulysses S. Grant answers Senate on interference claims regarding Louisiana politics and the 1872 election, defending federal court action and army aid to enforce law. He details Kellogg’s governorship, Colfax and Coushatta massacres, White League activity, and the role of U.S. troops to prevent bloodshed while urging Congress to clarify the federal role.
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Senate of the
United States
Senate
Army of
General Assembly
William P. Kellogg
United States Circuit Court For
Louisiana
Warmoth
Congress
Justice Strong
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of the
Kellogg
Antoine
Army
Atate
Wm. P. Kellogg
McEnery
Committee On Privileges and Elections of the
McAuery
McKinery
Levi Nelson
New Orleans
Court House
Hadnot
Harris
Nash
Cazabet
Register
Colfax
Coushatta
T. Crafford
Twelfth Judicial District
Department of Justice
D. Penn
Lesugers
Otober
Shreveport
Returning Board
Legislative Assembly
White League
McKinery Senate
Sheridan
South
State House
United States Custom House
Custom House
U.S. Grant