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Secret Political Societies in the North During the Civil War
A study traces the Knights of the Golden Circle and related secret orders amid Civil War tensions. It covers origins, arrests like Dr George W L Bickley, border-state fear, and disputed membership estimates ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands across Missouri Illinois Ohio and California with references to Union League opposition and Confederate ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Golden Circle
Sons of Liberty
Esse
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Warshinegion
Mason and Dixon Line
William S. Rosecrans
Tennessee
George W. L. Bickley
Cincinnati
Mississippi
Ohio
Memphis
Ambrose E. Burnside
Dr. Bickley
General Rosecrans
Bickley
New Albany
Indiana
K’s
Order
Richmond Whig
George Bickley
American Legion
Mexico
United South
Justin
Aurist
Penitentiaes
Colombos
Obigwweerale
Fort Lafayette
Fort Warren
Burnside
John A. Dix
New York
Stanton
Secretary of War
Jndie-Advocate General's Office
Rickles
Order of the Knights of the Golden Circle
Union
North
Union League
Aqen
Thei
Coathes
Knights of the Columbian Star
Order of American Knights
California
Michigan
Iowa
Connecticut
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Washington Territory
Boston
North Carolina
Cc. E. Dunn
Missouri
Sanderson
St. Louis
American Knights
Ilinois
Dayton
Advocate Holt