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Secret Knights and Draft Riots Roil Indiana During Civil War
The article recounts how secret societies like the Knights of the Golden Circle sparked violence and fear in northern Indiana counties during the Civil War. It details draft protests, arrests, and clashes in Indianapolis, Governor Morton’s 1863 proclamation, and the mass meeting on May 20 1863. It notes weapon seizures from demonstrators and the eventual decline of the Knights after Union victories.
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Washington County
Knights
Morton
Times
The
Golden Circle
Nertisan Press
Jer Tsains
Oo Fer
Tress Entrantes
Ruistés
Torane
Mea
Hove
Indiana
Lb. Wallandingham
Ohio
Elgeatio Seymour
New York
Daniel W. Voorhees
Infane
Merce Nees
Moron
Vomatilivan
Indianapo
Ufder
Io Haskall
Arrington
John ‘Oburn
State House
Wallandingham
Dayton
Ambrose E. Burnside
Voorhees
Hendricks
Committee On
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Indiana Central
Cincinnat i
Pogue
Morgan
Basil Duke
Knights of the Golden Circle
Odges
Harrison
Washington
Jennings
Martin, Daviess, Orange
Brown
Indianapolis
Boone
Huntington
Allen
DeKalb
Randolph
Wayne
Democratic Party
Union
Illinois
William H .Seward
David 4. Phillips
United States
District of Illinois