The editorials of Ambrose L. Kimball in the Essex Democrat had been causing consternation in Haverhill, Massachusetts for their perceived Southern leanings. Around nine p.m., a mob gathered, took Kimball from his house at gunpoint, stripped him, then tarred and feathered him. He was paraded in the town on a rail, forced to cheer the national flag, and obliged to kneel and swear a loyalty oath. He was then released. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"The Suppression of a Rebel Journal," New York Times, August 22, 1861.
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