Bob Lee & Lewis Peacock
Lee & Peacock Feud
A dispute that held racial overtones, the Lee-Peacock Feud began after the close of the Civil War. Confederates would side with the Lees while Unionists would go with the Peacocks. Lewis Peacock, a powerful landowner near Pilot Grove, Texas, was involved in the Reconstruction Union League, a group that helped former slaves find jobs and places to live. Peacock's enemies saw the League as a land-grabbing scheme.
The first major fight happened in April 1868, with no casualties. However, another fight occurred in June, that same year, the Peacocks losing three men. Ambush of the Peacocks happened again in December 1868. The final confrontation took place June 13, 1871.
Bob Lee, head of the Lee faction, was killed in 1869; Lewis Peacock was shot dead by Richard Johnson in 1871.