Knights of the Golden Circle [electronic resource] : secret empire, southern secession, Civil War / David C. Keehn.
Material type:
- Knights of the Golden Circle -- History
- Secret societies -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Secession -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements
- 973.7/13 23
- E458.8 .K44 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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