was a Confederate brigadier general, a U.S. senator, and state-level leader ("Grand Dragon") of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. "The bridge was named for him, in part, to memorialize his history of restraining and imprisoning African-Americans in their quest for freedom after the Civil War".
was a Confederate brigadier general, a U.S. senator, and state-level leader ("Grand Dragon") of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. "The bridge was named for him, in part, to memorialize his history of restraining and imprisoning African-Americans in their quest for freedom after the Civil War".