Red Shirts (United States) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Red Shirts or Redshirts of the Southern United States were white supremacist [1][2][3] paramilitary terrorist groups that were active in the late 19th century in the last years of, and after the end of, the Reconstruction era of the United States.
South Carolina "Red Shirts" Battle Plan (1876)
WEBMar 14, 2016 · Read an excerpt of the battle plan developed by the “Red Shirts,” a Democratic Party paramilitary group that emerged in South Carolina in the late 19th century.
“Waving the Bloody Shirt:” Reconstruction Era Violence and …
WEBThe Red Shirt in the collection here at The Charleston Museum was worn by Josiah McKie, who was present at the Hamburg Massacre in July 1876, one of the worst clashes between White supremacists and Black militia members in the state’s history.
Red Shirts (Mexico) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Red Shirts (Spanish: Camisas Rojas) were a paramilitary organization, existing in the 1930s, founded by the atheist [12] and anti-Catholic anticlerical Governor of Tabasco, Mexico, Tomás Garrido Canabal, during his second term. [13]
Red Shirts - South Carolina Encyclopedia
WEBJun 20, 2016 · The Red Shirts were simply a more organized version of the “rifle clubs” or “sabre clubs” that had proliferated in South Carolina after the breakup of the Ku Klux Klan by federal forces in 1871. These clubs, ostensibly social in nature, were in fact local paramilitary forces loyal to the Democratic Party.
Red Shirts (United States) - Wikiwand articles
WEBThe Red Shirts or Redshirts of the Southern United States were white supremacist paramilitary terrorist groups that were active in the late 19th century in the last years of, and after the end of, the Reconstruction era of the United States.
Red Shirts (Southern United States) - sources.com
WEBThe Red Shirts or Redshirts of the Southern United States were paramilitary groups in the 19th century, active primarily after the formal Reconstruction era of the United States.
WEBDemocratic Party paramilitary groups also emerged in South Carolina during the 1876 state and national campaigns. There, members of these groups called themselves the “Red Shirts.” Their official battle plan, which called for Democratic clubs armed with rifles and pistols, stated in part:
Who Was Ben Tillman? - Historic Columbia
WEBWhite leaders celebrated the “Hamburg Riot” as a key victory of the 1876 Red Shirt paramilitary campaign, which successfully intimidated Black voters and stuffed ballot boxes to ensure the election of Wade Hampton III, and with it, the end of Reconstruction.
Ellison Adger Smyth - U.S. National Park Service
WEBAs a Red Shirt Captain, Smyth had a central role in the violence against Charleston’s Black citizens. This includes the Hamburg Massacre of 1876, and the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898. Smyth defended his role in the Red Shirts as …