The Hamburg Massacre occurred nearby on July 8, 1876. A gun battle took place between about 200 men from local rifle clubs and African-Americans serving in Company A, Ninth Regiment of the South Carolina National Guard and others barricaded in a warehouse. Seven African-Americans were killed, four of them executed. The Black casualties were First Lieutenant Allen Attaway, Corporal Nelder John Parker, James Cook, David Phillips, Albert Myniart, Moses Parks, and Hampton Stephens. The sole white casualty was Thomas McKie Meriwether. The Hamburg Massacre became a key issue in the disputed presidential election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. Electoral College votes from South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana were contested, and a special Congressional committee ultimately awarded all the contested votes to Hayes, enough to swing the Electoral College to him. Known as the Compromise of 1877, this agreement led to the removal of Northern soldiers from the South, allowing white Southerners to successfully deny African-Americans their rights. This bargain between Southern Democrats and the Republicans brought Reconstruction to an end by ending the Northern occupation of the South.