Answer:
it means to literally be half staffed and not a full proportion of workers
<span>Jefferson Davis, president of the fallen Confederate government, is captured with his wife and entourage near Irwinville, Georgia, by a detachment of Union General James H. Wilson’s cavalry.</span>
One Southern reaction to Congressional Reconstruction was the use of racist secret societies to obstruct Reconstruction policies by intimidation. One such society was the Knights of the White Camelia.
The Knights of the White Camelia operated in the 19th century and were commonly associated with the Ku Klux Klan as they engaged in racists practices and were white supremacists.
