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Knights of the Golden Circle : secret empire, southern secession, Civil War /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keehn, David C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Knights of the Golden Circle > History.
Government, Resistance to > United States > History > 19th century.
Secession > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Secret societies > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Underground movements.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Societies, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: the shadowy knights
  • Powerful antecedents
  • Formal organization
  • The drive for Mexico
  • A regional coalition
  • Transforming to secession
  • The paramilitary's core
  • Seizure of federal forts and arsenals
  • The plot to seize the District of Columbia
  • Rustling Texas out of the Union
  • Spreading secession
  • Call to arms
  • The struggle for Kentucky
  • A rejuvenated KGC?