This unique history of the American Civil War considers the impact of 19th-century American secret societies on the path to, as well as the course of, the war. Lause analyzes how the Old World's traditions influenced various underground groups and movements in America.
This work considers the impact of nineteenth-century American secret societies leading up to and during the Civil War. It examines Knights of the Golden Circle (out of which developed the Ku Klux Klan) and Confederate groups, including the group that John Wilkes Booth was associ…
This unique history of the Civil War considers the impact of nineteenth-century American secret societies on the path to as well as the course of the war. Beginning with the European secret societies that laid the groundwork for Freemasonry in the United States, Mark A. Lause an…
