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Secret Political Societies in the North During the Civil War
A Civil War era study details the Order of American Knights, successor to the Knights of the Golden Circle, its origins in St Louis and Chicago and its five degrees. It describes initiation rites, state sovereignty principles, oaths to defend against usurpers, and the organization from local lodges to the Supreme Council, with emphasis on clandestine aims and potential military plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of American Knights
Knights of the Golden Circle
St. Louis
Phineas CC. Wright
New York Evening News
Wright
New Orleans
Corps de Belgique
Q Order of American Knights
New Order
United States
K.L
Indianapolis
A.B
Inner Temple
Earth
Orion
Arcturus
Pleiades
Nuohlac
Calhoun
Grand Council
Supreme Council of the
Supreme Council
State Council