And, once again, the President dispatched federal troops to address the situation.
General Scott assembled a force of about 1,000 federal troops.
At one time, the town was occupied by 5,000 federal troops.
The next week, federal troops were called out to force an end to the nationwide strike.
By the time federal troops arrived several days later, about thirty black people had been killed.
There will be more federal troops coming down as well.
The Chinese were then led by four companies of federal troops into the town without incident.
It was also used by federal troops on their way to Richmond at the close of the war.
In the battle only a few federal troops were wounded.
At the end of the war, the only college building was occupied by federal troops.