Dark lanterns
Subtitle: secret political societies, conspiracies, and treason trials in the Civil War
By: Frank L. Klement.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Secret societies -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Trials (Treason) -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc
Description: The author refutes past historical theories and claims that such subversive, secret Civil War societies as the Knights of the Golden Circle, the Order of American Knights, and the Sons of Liberty were never much more than paper-based organizations with vague goals and little ability to carry them out.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 245-253.
Includes index.