An inquiry was posted about the presence of Federal troops in Spartanburg in 1870. Troops were stationed there and elsewhere in South Carolina in order to enforce the provisions of the United States Reconstruction laws after the Civil War. One source, "Spartanburg -, Facts, Reminiscences, Folklore", says that these troops were part of the US 7th Cavalry that were later to be defeated at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Continuing problems with the Ku Klux Klan led to President U.S. Grant declaring martial law in the Up-country of the state in October, 1871. This included Spartanburg and eight other counties. As a result, additional troops were stationed in the city. Gerald Teaster