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'''William Burnham Woods''' (August 3, 1824 – May 14, 1887) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. He served in the [[Civil War]] as a commander - notably leading [[William T. Sherman]]'s troops in [[Sherman's March through Georgia]].<ref name="jrank">{{cite web|work=law.jrank|title=William Burnham Woods|format=HTML|language=English|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/11385/Woods-William-Burnham.html}}</ref> On the Court he took a narrow view of federal powers and the [[14th Amendment]] - at one point striking down a federal law designed to protect [[African Americans]] from the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref name="jrank"/>

'''William Burnham Woods''' (August 3, 1824 – May 14, 1887) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. He served in the [[Civil War]] as a commander - notably leading [[William T. Sherman]]'s troops in [[Sherman's March through Georgia]].<ref name="jrank">{{cite web|work=law.jrank|title=William Burnham Woods|language=English|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/11385/Woods-William-Burnham.html}}</ref> On the Court he took a narrow view of federal powers and the [[14th Amendment]] - at one point striking down a federal law designed to protect [[African Americans]] from the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref name="jrank"/>

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