us attorney who prosecuted kkk

by Ben Barrows 9 min read

Akerman was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant resigned from the army in 1854 and returned to his family but lived in poverty. He joined the Union Army after the American Civil War broke out in 1861 and rose to prominence after winning several early Union victories on the Western Theater.
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as his U.S. Attorney General; with Grant's support, he vigorously prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan under the Enforcement Acts.