Title: Major General Meade's report on the Ashburn murder
Description: George W. Ashburn was a Georgia politician assassinated by the Ku Klux Klan in Columbus, Georgia for his pro-African-American sentiments. He was the first murder victim of the Klan in Georgia.
Subjects: Trials, litigation, Trials (Murder)
Places: United States
People: Elisha J. Kirkscey, George W. Ashburn (-1868)