The reports of the committees of the House of Representatives, made during the first session thirty-ninth Congress, 1865-’66

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United States. Congress

Title

The reports of the committees of the House of Representatives, made during the first session Thirty-ninth Congress, 1865-'66. Volume 3

Original Publication

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866.

Credits

Super Queer Historian and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E660: History: America: Late nineteenth century (1865-1900)

Subject

United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877 -- Sources

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79912

Release Date

November 2, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MADE DURING THE FIRST SESSION THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS, 1865-’66.
2. 2.INDEX TO REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEES FOR THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
3. 3.HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 39th Congress , 1st Session . Report No. 101.
4. 4.MEMPHIS RIOTS AND MASSACRES. — REPORT. — MAJOR GENERAL STONEMAN’S TESTIMONY. — RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS. — MAJOR GENERAL STONEMAN AND THE CITY AUTHORITIES. — THE CHARACTER OF THE ATROCITIES. — COMMENCEMENT. — THE FIRST OUTBREAK. — RENEWAL OF DISTURBANCES. — SHOOTING NEGROES. — BRUTAL MURDER OF JACKSON GOODELL. — WHAT THE RIOT WAS. — ROBBERY OF ALBERT HARRIS. — A COLORED HOSPITAL FIRED INTO. — THE MOB AND WHITE PEOPLE. — THE APPEARANCE OF THE MOB. — WHAT REV. MR. TADE SAW. — ATTORNEY GENERAL WALLACE. — THE COWARDICE OF THE MOB. — BURNING OF THE LINCOLN CHAPEL. — RAPE. — FRANCES THOMPSON. — LUCY SMITH, — REBECCA ANN BLOOM, — LUCY TIBBS. — WHAT LUCY TIBBS SAW. — HARRIET ARMOR. — SHOOTING AND BURNING OF RACHEL HATCHER. — CALLAHAN AND M’GINN. — OTHER BURNINGS AND SHOOTINGS. — ATTEMPT TO BURN LUCY HUNT. — MARY BLACK AND MARIA SCOTT. — SHOOTING OF JOSEPH WALKER. — THE KILLING OF BEN. DENNIS. — ATTEMPT TO BURN MARY JORDAN AND HER CHILDREN. — THE MURDER OF LONG. — THE SHOOTING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. — ATTEMPTS TO BURN WHITE CHILDREN. — TEACHERS OF COLORED SCHOOLS. — THE SCHOOLS. — THE CHURCHES BURNED. — THREATS AGAINST THE MEMPHIS POST AND FREEDMEN’S BUREAU. — OTHER MURDERS, ROBBERIES, ETC. — TREATMENT OF U. S. MARSHAL RYDER. — COUNTY AND CITY OFFICERS. — JOHN PARK. — JOHN C. CREIGHTON. — SHERIFF T. M. WINTERS. — CHIEF OF POLICE GARRETT. — OTHER OFFICERS CONNECTED WITH THE MOB. — DAVID ROACH — JOHN EGAN — M’CORMICK — THE CITIZENS OF MEMPHIS. — TWO SWIFT WITNESSES. — STATE OF AFFAIRS AT MEMPHIS. — UNITED STATES TROOPS — THE REBELS DEMAND RIGHTS. — COLONEL RYDER’S OPINION. — TESTIMONY OF JUDGE LEWIS. — COLORED WITNESSES. — THE CAUSE OF THE RIOT.—THE NEWSPAPERS. — CONDUCT OF THE COLORED SOLDIERS. — THE FEELING TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT. — GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. — THE RESULTS OF THE RIOT. — THE KILLED. — THE WOUNDED AND MALTREATED. — ROBBERIES. — BURNINGS. — PROPERTY DESTROYED. — RECAPITULATION. — VALUE OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
5. 5.VIEWS OF THE MINORITY.
6. 6.JOURNAL.
7. 7.TESTIMONY.
8. 8.TESTIMONY TAKEN BEFORE MILITARY COMMISSION ORGANIZED BY ORDER OF MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE STONEMAN.
9. 9.AFFIDAVITS TAKEN BEFORE COMMISSION ORGANIZED BY FREEDMEN’S BUREAU. — RECAPITULATION. — POLICE COMMITTEE. — RECAPITULATION. — FIRE COMMITTEE.
10. 10.FOOTNOTES
11. 11.INDEX.

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