The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States)

by Richard White

In the wake of the 1872 elections, competing groups of officeholders laid claim to the Colfax courthouse. In April 1873 the Radicals were in control when about 140 whites, well-armed and equipped with an artillery piece, marched on the town.