George Washington Kirk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American Civil War soldier
Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1837
Place of Birth: Greeneville, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 17-Feb-1905
Profession: soldier
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About George Washington Kirk
- George Washington Kirk was a soldier who served in American Civil War.
- Born and raised in Tennessee, he married Marie L.
- Jones in 1860.
- At the start of the war he served in the Confederate States Army, but his views were Unionist and he left the state to join the Union Army.
- Advancing to the rank of colonel, in 1864 he raised the 3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (Union) and led many raids into North Carolina.
- Because of the regiment's guerrilla-like tactics, the regiment became known as Kirk's Raiders.In 1870, Kirk was tasked by North Carolina Governor William Woods Holden to raise and lead a militia into Alamance and Caswell counties to quell the Ku Klux Klan.
- Though has was successful in breaking up Klan activity, none of the 100 men he arrested were charged by local authorities.
- In addition, the action led to his own brief arrest and the impeachment of Governor Holden.
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