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This article examines the 1870 conflict in North Carolina known as the Kirk-Holden War. The conflict began when members of the Ku Klux Klan from Caswell County murdered Republican state senator John W. Stephens. Republican governor William Woods Holden then sent a state militia unit under the command of George W. Kirk to arrest the clansmen.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 88 Issue 2, Apr 2011,
p123-163 , il, por, f
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44035
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A political showdown between North Carolina Republican Governor William Woods Holden and the KKK, the Kirk-Holden War developed after the assassinations of an African American town council member in Alamance County and Republican state senator John W. Stephens in the Caswell County Courthouse. Holden's decision to send out the militia ultimately framed his impeachment in 1871.
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