Col. Lewis Merrill-- Part 3: Battled Guerrillas and KKK

Col. Merrill later commanded  the District of St. Louis and then the Department of Northern Missouri.  In 1864, he was cavalry commander of the bureau at St. Louis and took part  in the engagements at Franklin, Missouri.

The next year he was sent against guerrillas in northern Georgia and Alabama.

On January 13, 1866, President Johnson nominated Merrill for appointment to the grade of brigadier general in the U.S. Volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865.  The U.S. Senate confirmed the promotion on March 12, 1866.

After various western assignments, he was appointed command of a military district in York County, South Carolina, with orders to break up the KKK.

--Old Secesh