Manuscript Database

Creator/Title

Bodley family. Papers, 1773-1939. 9.33 cu. ft.

Call No.

Mss. A B668e 75

Content

In speaking of the recent elections in her 7 Aug. 1865 letter, Martha Bodley writes from Lexington that while the conservative candidates may have carried the nation, the radical reconstructionists won in Louisville; she claims that the radicals used scare tactics such as placing African American soldiers at the polls and had people jailed; she also states that the authorities placed "negro musicians" near the courthouse to interrupt a speech by Judge Buckner.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, African American