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Secret political societies in the North during the Civil War
A study finds no evidence of formal northern rebel alliances with Confederate leaders during the Civil War. Witnesses and officials described treason allegations as overstated, with divisions in the Democratic Party driving secret societies, but no verified nationwide conspiracy.
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Wold
Judage Hines
Advocate Holt
Order
Mary Ann Pittman
Sanderson
St. Louis
Order of American Knights
Sterling Price
Felix Stidger
Indiana
Kentucky
Sons of Liberty
Cincinnati
Eclectic Medical School
Ayer
Henry L. Zumro
Milligan
Indianapolis
Zumro
Union
Morton
Republican Party
Yates
Stanton
Democratic Party
Peace Democrats
Northwest
Vallandigham
Dodd, Bowles
Walker
Wanipge
Washington