Violent incidents involving them include the Battles of the Cabildo, which took place during James Madison Wells' term in office.
James Alex Bagget has argued that most of them were not actually uneducated or drawn from the lower classes, though they were primarily urban. Violent incidents involving them include the Battles of the Cabildo, which took place during James Madison Wells' term in office. Many had voted for John Bell [*] in the previous election and their number included the former guerilla leader John Singleton Mosby, as well as other notable figures like Charles Hays, James Alcorn, and, most notoriously, James Longstreet They were identified with Judas by writers like Thomas Dixon and were often paired in invective with their counterparts from the North. FTP give this term that characterized any southern-born white who supported the Republican Party during Reconstruction.
James Alex Bagget has argued that most of them were not actually uneducated or drawn from the lower classes, though they were primarily urban.
{Scalawags} (prompt on Republicans)