The Chisolm Massacre occurred on April 29, 1877 in Kemper County, Mississippi, less than a month after the Reconstruction era was brought to a close.
A mob of around 300 Ku Klux Klan members stormed the jail and killed Chisolm, his family, and one of his friends.
[1] The Yorkville Enquirer concluded its report on the "Tragedy in Mississippi" noting that: "Other hangings will probably follow.
"[3] Governor John Marshall Stone refused to launch an investigation and U.S. President Rutherford Hayes did not comment on the killings.
[4] James Monroe Wells, a deputy revenue collector and U.S. Army veteran, wrote the book The Chisolm Massacre: A Picture of "Home Rule" in Mississippi about it.