Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Sheridan” in chapter 2.18, page 287 of Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2:
...some extent having a good effect, restraining those who had hitherto been disposed to treat United States laws with contempt.
Several magistrates were under arrest for violating its provisions.
General Sheridan , following Baird in Louisiana, rather heightens the adverse picture: Homicides are frequent in some localities; sometimes they are investigated
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