11/5/1860 a letter from Union Soldier refers to the election about to begin and how they arrested Knights of the Golden Circle!!! KGC was to lay the groundwork for annexation of territories in Mexico, Central America, & Caribbean to be included w US as slave states.
Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret society originally founded to promote the interests of the Southern United States.
Most of the time, families knew more what was going on than the soldiers. Families had the advantage of reading the paper. Soldiers would wait for newspapers to be sent from home to learn the news.
1860 was historical for many reasons, but probably the most important was the election of Lincoln! This one act would set off a chain of southern states secessions.
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I have reposted your comments on the Knights of the Golden Circle with a link back to your Mountain Riter blog.
For more info into KGC research just go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knights_of_the_Golden_Circle/
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