Baton Rouge Louisiana State Univ. Press 2013 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 0807150045. Illus., inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, dust jacket now in a clear protector; 308 pages; Signed by Author.

ISBN10: 0807150045, ISBN13: 9780807150047, [publisher: Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge] Hardcover First Edition Illus. , inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, dust jacket now in a clear protector ; 308 pages; Signed by Author
[Lexington, KY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2013]

Louisiana State Univ Pr, Date: 2013. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. 2013. Louisiana State Univ Pr ISBN 0807150045 9780807150047 [GB]

Hardback. New. Based on years of exhaustive and meticulous research, David C. Keehn's study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret southern society that initially sought to establish a slave-holding empire in the ""Golden Circle"" region of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Keehn reveals the origins, rituals, structure, and complex history of this mysterious group, including its later involvement in the secession movement. Members supported southern governors in precipitating disunion, filled the ranks of the nascent Confederate Army, and organised rearguard actions during the Civil War. The Knights of the Golden Circle emerged around 1858 when a secret society formed by a Cincinnati businessman merged with the pro-expansionist Order of the Lone Star, which already had 15,000 members. The following year, the Knights began publishing their own newspaper and established their headquarters in Washington, D. C. In 1860, during their first attempt to create the Golden Circle, several thousand Knights assembled in southern Texas to ""colonise"" northern Mexico. Due to insufficient resources and organisational shortfalls, however, that filibuster failed. Later, the Knights shifted their focus and began pushing for disunion, spearheading pro-secession rallies, and intimidating Unionists in the South. They appointed regional military commanders ...

Baton Rouge LSU Press 2013 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 328 p. Contains: Unspecified. Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War.

Baton Rouge LSU Press 2013 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 328 p. Contains: Unspecified. Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War.