The Civil War (1861-1865) was nothing less than a revolutionary reorganization of American government society and economics. It claimed almost as many lives as every other U.S. conflict combined and by wars bloody logic forged the nation which the Founding Fathers could not by settling once and for all lingering national questions about state sovereignty and slavery.
The postwar period however was one of arguably greater turmoil than the war itself. This is because many men in the South did not in fact lay down their arms at the end of the War. Whats more freedmen former slaves that were now American citizens had to take defensive measures against pro-Democratic Party partisans the most famous of whom were the Ku Klux Klan.
Americas militia has existed for a number of purposes and has exercised a surprising number of roles over the years. But at its core its a bulwark of the power of the country against the power of the state. In Early American Militias: The Forgotten History of Freedmen Militias from 1776 until the Civil War we covered the historical roots of the militia. Below is the modern history of the militia following the Civil War and how unforeseen changes which started during Reconstruction have set the stage for the contemporary movement of Constitutional citizens militias.
Read more here: https://ammo.com/articles/american-militias-after-civil-war-black-codes-black-panthers
The Civil War (1861-1865) was nothing less than a revolutionary reorganization of American government society and economics. It claimed almost as many lives as every other U.S. conflict combined and by wars bloody logic forged the nation which the Founding Fathers could not by settling once and for all lingering national questions about state sovereignty and slavery.
The postwar period however was one of arguably greater turmoil than the war itself. This is because many men in the South did not in fact lay down their arms at the end of the War. Whats more freedmen former slaves that were now American citizens had to take defensive measures against pro-Democratic Party partisans the most famous of whom were the Ku Klux Klan.
Americas militia has existed for a number of purposes and has exercised a surprising number of roles over the years. But at its core its a bulwark of the power of the country against the power of the state. In Early American Militias: The Forgotten History of Freedmen Militias from 1776 until the Civil War we covered the historical roots of the militia. Below is the modern history of the militia following the Civil War and how unforeseen changes which started during Reconstruction have set the stage for the contemporary movement of Constitutional citizens militias.
Read more here: https://ammo.com/articles/american-militias-after-civil-war-black-codes-black-panthers