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Secret Civil War conspiracies in the Midwest unfold
The article recounts the Camp Douglas conspiracy and the Sons of Liberty in Illinois and Indiana during the Civil War. It details plans to free prisoners at Camp Douglas, seize Chicago, and link with Confederate forces, and describes arrests, testimonies, and the suppression of the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milligan
Supreme Court
State Court
Indiana
Daniel W. Voorhees
Senate
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Knights of the Golden Circle
Sons of Liberty
Camp Douglas
Canada
Northwest
Thompson
McClellan
Great Lakes
Hines
Cantrill
Anderson
Chicago
Illinois
Veteran Reserve Corps
E. J. Sweet
Morgan
Liberty
Charles Walsh
Hines and
Fielding
George St. Leger Grenfell
Vincent Marmaduke
Rock Island
Milinois
Ohio
Forrest
Kentucky
Sweet
Thomas H. Keefe
War Department
Secret Service
KH. R. P. Shurly
Hooker
Walsh
Fayette
Christian
John Cook
Tors
Lewis C. Skinner
Eighth Veteran Reserve Corps
Pettiplace
Richmond
Strong
Skinner
Travers
Daniel
Richmond House
St. Leger Grenfel
J. T. Shanks
Grenfel
E. W. Edwards
Adams Street
Marmaduke
Captain Hines
Keefe
Buckner C. Morris
The
Washington Street
Springfield
Clingman
Patrick Dooley
the Temple
Colonel Sweet