TY - BOOK AU - Keehn,David C. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Knights of the Golden Circle: secret empire, southern secession, Civil War T2 - Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War AV - E458.8 .K44 2013 U1 - 973.7/13 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Baton Rouge PB - Louisiana State University Press KW - Knights of the Golden Circle KW - History KW - Secret societies KW - United States KW - 19th century KW - Secession KW - Southern States KW - Government, Resistance to KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Societies, etc KW - Underground movements KW - Electronic books N1 - 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=1092468 ER -