They were assigned to suppress the local Ku Klux Klan, which had attacked freedmen and other Republicans, and to break up illegal distilleries, which began to flourish in the South after the Civil War.
They were assigned to suppress the local Ku Klux Klan, and to break up illegal distilleries. Illegal distilleries began to flourish in the South after the Civil War. The local Ku Klux Klan had attacked freedmen. The local Ku Klux Klan had attacked other Republicans.