SMALL LIST OF KNIGHTS of the GOLDEN CIRCLE RESEARCH SOURCES

[gldhntr]

just in case someone is interested in research..........


Knights of the Golden Circle

Ayer, I. Winslow. The Great North-western Conspiracy in all its startling details. The
plot to plunder and burn Chicago—release of all Rebel prisoners—seizure of
arsenals—raids from Canada—plot to burn New York, piracy on the lakes—parts
for the Sons of Liberty—trial of Chicago conspirators—inside views of the
temples of the Sons of Liberty—names of prominent members.... Chicago: Rounds
& James, Book and Job Printers, 1865.
Abbott, John S. C. The History of the Civil War in American; Comprising a Full and
Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various
Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and
Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and
the Cabin. New York: H. Bill, 1863-66. Book online. Available from Making
of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed on 10
February 2006.
Barber, John Warner. The Loyal West in the Times of the Rebellion: Also, Before and
Since: Being an Encyclopedia and Panorama of the Western States, Pacific States
and Territories of the Union. Cincinnati: F.A. Howe, 1865. Book Online.
Available from Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/.
Accessed on 10 February 2006.
Baringer, William E. Review of This One Mad Act...The Unknown Story of John Wilkes
Booth and his Family by Izola Forrester. The Journal of Southern History 4 (May
1938):254-255.
Barrett, Joseph Hartwell. Life of Abraham Lincoln, Presenting His Early History,
Political Career, and Speeches In and Out of Congress; also, a General View of
His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations,
Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes
Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented Demise. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach
& Baldwin, 1865. Book Online. Available from Making of America Books,
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Belknap, Michal R. Review of Dark Lanterns: Secret Political Societies, Conspiracies,
and Treason Trials in the Civil War by Frank L. Klement. The Journal of
Southern History 51 (Nov 1985):632-633.
Bell, William H. Knights of the Golden Circle: its organization and activities in Texas
prior to the Civil War. (Texas): W.H. Bell, 1965.
Botts, John Minor. The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and
Disastrous Failure. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. Book Online.
Available from Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/.
Accessed on 10 February 2006.
Buenger, Walter L. Secession and the Union in Texas. Austin: University of Texas
Press, 1984.
Coatsworth, Stella S. The Loyal People of the North-West, A Record of Prominent
Persons, Places and Events, During the Eight Years of Unparalleled American
History. Chicago: Church, Goodman & Donnelley Printers, 1869. Book Online.
Available from Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/.
Accessed 10 February 2006.
Cole, Arthur C. Review of The Hidden Civil War: The Story of the Copperheads, by
Wood Gray; Abraham Lincoln and The Fifth Column, by George Fort Milton. The
American Historical Review 49 (Oct 1943): 122-124.
Conkling, Henry. An Inside View of the Rebellion, and American Citizens’ Textbook.
Cincinnati: O.C. Clark, 1864. Book Online. Available from Making of America
Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Cox, Samuel Sullivan. Eight Years in Congress, From 1857-1865: Memoir and
Speeches. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. Book Online. Available
from Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed
10 February 2006.
Crenshaw, Ollinger, “The Knights of the Golden Circle: The Career of George Bickley,”
The American Historical Review 47, no 1 (1941): 23-50.
Dalton, Captain Kit. Under the Black Flag. Memphis: Lockard Publishing, 1914.
Dubberly, Benjamin C. Review of Blood and Treasure: Confederate Empire in the
Southwest, by Donald S. Frazier. The Western Historical Quarterly 27 (Summer
1996): 235-236.
Elliott, Claude. “Union Sentiment in Texas, 1861-1865.” Southwestern Historical
Quarterly, Vol. 50 (April 1947).
Ewing, Floyd F. “Origins of Union Sentiment on the West Texas Frontier.” In West
Texas Historical Association Yearbook, Vol. 32.
Earle, Mary Tracy. The Flag on the Hilltop. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University
Press, 2000. Book Online. Available from Netlibrary, Inc.,
http://www.netlibrary.com. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Edwards, John Newman. Shelby and His Men; or, the War in the West. Cincinnati:
Miami Printing and Publishing Co., 1867. Book Online. Available from Making
of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February
2006.
Eliot, Samuel. History of the United States from 1492-1872. Boston: Brewer and
Tileston, 1876. Book Online. Available from Making of America Books,
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Fehrenbach, T.R. Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans. New York: American
Legacy Press, 1968.
Frazier, Donald Shaw. “Blood and Treasure: Confederate Imperialists in the American
Southwest.” Ph.D. diss., Texas Christian University, 1992.
Garrison, Wendell Phillips. William Lloyd Garrison 1805-1879, The Story of His Life
Told by His Children. New York: The Century Co., 1885-1889. Book Online.
Available from Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/.
Accessed 10 February 2006.
Getler, Warren, and Bob Brewer. Shadow of the Sentinel: One Man’s Quest to Find the
Hidden Treasure of the Confederacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Greeley, Horace. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United
States of America, 1860-‘65: Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to
Exhibit Especially its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of
American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War
for the Union. Hartford: O.D. Case & Co., 1866. Book Online. Available from
Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10
February 2006.
Hanchett, William. The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies. Illinois: University of Illinois,
1983.
Hicks, Jimmie, “Some Letters Concerning the Knights of the Golden Circle in Texas,
1860-1861,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly LXV, no 1 (1961?): 25.
Hinton, Richard J. John Brown and His Men; With Some Account of the Roads They
Traveled to Reach Harper’s Ferry. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company,
[c1894]. Book Online. Available from Making of America Books,
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Holland, J.G. Life of Abraham Lincoln. Massachusetts: G. Bill, 1866. Book Online.
Available from Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/.
Accessed 10 February 2006.
Hudson, Linda Sybert. “Military Knights of the Golden Circle in Texas 1854-1861.”
Ph.D. diss., Stephen F. Austin State University, 1990.
Hunnicutt, James W. The Conspiracy Unveiled: The South Sacrificed, or, The Horrors of
Secession. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863. Book Online. Available
from Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed
10 February 2006.
Jeffers, H. Paul. Freemasons: A History and Exploration of the World’s Oldest Secret
Society. New Jersey: Citadel Press, 2005.
Kelley, William D. Speeches of Hon. William D. Kelley, Replies of the Hon. William D.
Kelley to George Northrop, esq., in the Joint Debate in the Fourth Congressional
District. Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 1864. Book Online. Available from
Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10
February 2006.
Kennedy, John Pendleton. Mr. Ambrose’s Letters on the Rebellion. New York: Hurdt
Houghton, 1865. Book Online. Available from Making of America Books,
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Knights of the Golden Circle. K.G.C. An authentic exposition of the origin, objects, and
secret work of the organization known as the Knights of the Golden Circle. U.S.
National U.C., 1862. Book on-line. Available from Making of American Books,
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Laidler, Keith. The Head of God: The Lost Treasure of the Templars. London:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998.
Le Fevre, Benjamin. Campaign of ’84: Biographies of S. Grover Cleveland, the
Democratic Candidate for President, and Thomas A. Hendricks, the Democratic
Candidate for Vice-President, with a Description of the Leading Issues and the
Proceedings of the National Convention, Together with a History of the Political
Parties of the United States: Comparisons of Platforms on All Important
Questions, and Political Tables for Ready Reference. Chicago: Barid & Dillion,
1884. Book Online. Available from Making of America Books,
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Lindsey, David. Review of Democratic Opposition to the Lincoln Administration in
Indiana, by G.R. Tredway. The American Historical Review 80 (Apr 1975): 504-
505.
Lossing, Benson John. A Centennial Edition of the History of the United States: From
the Discovery of America, to the End of the First One Hundred Years of American
Independence with a Full Account of the Approaching Centennial Celebration.
New York: W. Gill, [c1875]. Book Online. Available from Making of America
Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
_________________. A History of the Civil War, 1861-65, and the Causes That Led Up
to the Great Conflict. New York: The War Memorial Association, 1912. Book
Online. Available from Making of America Books,
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
_________________. Our Country. A household history for all readers from the
discovery of America to the one hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence. New York: Johnson & Miles, 1878. Book on-line. Available
from Making of America Books, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrpl/. Accessed
10 February 2006.
Mann, Floyd. Knights of the Golden Circle, 2003-2004.
<http://www.knightsofthegoldencircle-kgc.com/index.htm> (22 March 2006).
Naudon, Paul. The Secret History of Freemasonry: Its Origins and Connection to the
Knights Templar. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 2005.
Perman, Michael. Review of Milligan’s Fight Against Lincoln, by Darwin Kelley. The
Journal of Southern History 39 (Nov 1973): 605-606.
Perrine, C.O. An Authentic Exposition of the K.G.C.: “Knights of the Golden Circle.”
Indianapolis: C.O. Perrine, 1861.
Pitman, Benn. The Trials for Treason at Indianapolis: Disclosing the Plans for
Establishing a North-Western Confederacy: Being the Official Record of the
Trials Before the Military Commission... Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin,
1865.
Pomfrey, J.W. A True Disclosure and Exposition of the Knights of the Golden Circle:
Including the Secret Signs, Grips, and Charges, of the Three Degrees, as
Practiced by the Order. Cincinnati: Printed for the Author, 1861.
Ridley, Jasper. The Freemasons: A History of the World’s Most Powerful Secret Society.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2002.
Russel, William Howard, Sir. My Diary North and South. Boston: T.O.H.P. Burnham,
Book on-line. Available from Making of America Books,
http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrpl/. Accessed 10 February 2006.
Sanford, A. Treason Unmasked: An Exposition of the Origin, Objects and Principles of
the Knights of the Golden Circle, Whose Sole and Only Object is to Overthrow
the Confederacy, Upon the Basis of Slavery. ?: John Marsh, 1863.
Schrader, Del and Jesse James III. Jesse James was One of His Names. California: Santa
Anita Press, 1975.
Schultz, Duane. Quantrill’s War: The Life and Times of Wm. Clarke Quantrill, 1837-
1865. Virginia: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1997.
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Booth and His Family,” The Journal of Southern History 42, no 2 (1938): 254-
255.
Stidger, Felix G. Treason History of the Order of Sons of Liberty, Formerly Circle of
Honor, Succeeded by Knights of the Golden Circle, Afterward Order of American
Knights: The Most Gigantic Treasonable Conspiracy the World has Ever
Known... Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2004. Available on the web,
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OML?af=RN&ae=F151651597&srchtp=a&ste=14&locID=txshracd2599.
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Stiles, T.J. Jesse James, Last Rebel of the Civil War. UK: Vintage (Reprint Edition),
2003.
Sylvester, Lora Lutes. Review of Indiana in the Civil War Era, 1850-1880, by Emma
Lou Thornbrough. The Journal of American History 53 (June 1966):126-127.
Talbott, Laurence Fletcher. “California Secessionist Support of the Southern
Confederacy: The Struggle, 1861-1865.” Ph.D. diss., The Graduate School of the
Union Institute, 1995.
The Bible on the Present Crisis: The Republic of the United States, and Its Counterfeit
Presentment, the Slave Power and the Southern Confederacy: the Copperhead
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are Involved, Its Duration and Final Results, Described in Daniel and the
Revelations, and Other Prophecies of the Old and New Testaments. New York,
1863.
Tidwell, William A, James O. Hall and David Winfred Gaddy. Come Retribution: The
Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln. Jackson: University
Press of Mississippi, 1988.
Train, George Francis. Train’s Union Speeches: “Second Series,” Delivered in England
During the Present American War. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson &
Brothers, 1862. Book Online. Available from Making of America Books,
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Wilson, Ebenezer V. The Truths of Spiritualism: Immortality Proved Beyond a Doubt by
Living Witnesses. Chicago: Hazlitt & Reed, [1876]. Book Online. Available from
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February 2006.
Winkler, Ernest W., ed. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Austin:
The Texas Library and Historical Commission, 1912.
Wright, Edmund. Narrative of Edmund Wright; His Adventures With And Escape From
the Knights of the Golden Circle. Cincinnati: J.R. Hawley, 1864.
Wooster, Ralph A. Review of Sam Houston: A Biography of the Father of Texas, by John
Hoyt Williams. The Journal of American History 81 (Sept 1994): 699-700.
Wooster, Robert. Review of Blood and Treasure: Confederate Empire in the Southwest,
by Donald S. Frazier. The Journal of Southern History 62 (November 1996):
819-820.

 

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[cactusjumper]

gldhntr,

Any chance you could post the LARGE list

Many thanks,

Joe

 

[gldhntr]

no problem...let me know when you have finished reading these.....

 

[Texas Jay]

Hi gldhntr. I am excitedly reading "The Diary and Journal of John H. Surratt, The Conspirator" whose link you posted in another message. The information detailed in it should be read by every person who is interested in Civil War history, the history we were never taught in school. As you may know, I created a Yahoo group 3 years ago this month whose job has been to investigate the controversial life and death of Bloody Bill Anderson of Quantrill's Raiders and also to discuss and analyze all available information about the Knights of the Golden Circle. Thanks to you, our members have many more resources to scour in search of our true history.
Thank you.
Texas Jay
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloodybillandersonmystery

 

[gldhntr]

texasjay.....glad to be of help.....do some research on a quantrill member ''james hall''.....eventually you will find me......todd hall.......when i get the time i will post for you large amounts of quantrill research sources i have around here somewhere.........

 

[Texas Jay]

Hi gldhntr. Thanks to you, our group now has several of our members busy researching and discussing the many important facts from John H. Surratt's Diary. Once we are finished discussing it fully, we will get to work on the other websites you referred to in your message. Many of our members are related to Quantrill's Raiders so, through them, we are able to access family information that is not widely known about. I went first to our group's extensive Links section and looked through the following list for James Hall. Below are all the Halls that are listed on our lists. I'm thinking your relative may have been Thomas J. Hall but I can't be sure.

http://members.tripod.com/~Penningtons/roster.htm

"Hall, George Quantrill Went to KY with Quantrill. Survived the War. Listed on 1895 Jackson County U.C.V. Roster
Hall, Isaac Quantrill Went to KY with Quantrill. Surrendered by Capt. Henry Porter to Capt. Young, US Army at Samuel's Depot, Nelson County, KY, 26 July 1865, paroled. Brother of Joseph Hall. From Cass County, MO.
Hall, John (Lit) Quantrill Brother of Joseph
Hall, Joseph Quantrill Started to KY with Quantrill, but left at Pocahontas, AK with smallpox, 1864. Brother of Isaac Hall. From Cass County, MO.
Hall, Robert Quantrill Went to KY with Quantrill. Surrendered by Capt. Henry Porter to Capt. Young, US Army, at Samuel's Depot, Nelson county, KY, 26 July 1865, paroled. From Cass County, MO. Brother of Joseph Hall.
Hall, Robert Quantrill Listed on Roster of 6 July 1862. Went to KY with Quantrill, surrendered and settled near Samuel's Depot, KY after the War.
Hall, Thomas J. Quantrill Went to KY with Quantrill. "

Our members are always anxious to help relatives of Quantrill's Raiders discover more information about their ancestors so any further information you can provide for James Hall and Quantrill's Raiders will help us to do that.
Thanks so much.
~Texas Jay
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloodybillandersonmystery

 

[gldhntr]

will send {when i can find the time to relocate it} a list to you/your group showing james {thomas j} on a list of known quantrill's raiders....i mentioned this one due to the ease with which i located it...am also kin to a couple others in your above list....i will also send you a picture of joseph in Confederate uniform when i get the chance............i am glad you have been able to enjoy the links/info i posted....i have quite a bit of research links concerning these overly enthusiastic fellows....will get that to you also........g

 

[Texas Jay]

Thank you, gldhntr. I look forward to receiving this important information and photo. I will post whatever you send me, with your permission, in our Bloody Bill Anderson Mystery group's extensive archives and photo collection.
Texas Jay
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloodybillandersonmystery

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[cccalco]

Looks like I found the right place. I have reposted some of this to the yahoo forum at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knights_of_the_Golden_Circle
It's not really a treasure forum but for info on the KGC et al.
Thanks
CCCalCo

 

[Texas Jay]

I find some of my best information about the KGC from old online newspaper articles. I turn these up when doing an Internet Search using yahoo.com using various keywords including "Knights of the Golden Circle". It's amazing how much is out there about this historically important organization when you perform such a search. This is one I found today.

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From:
http://www.uttyler.edu/vbetts/alexandria_louisiana_democrat.htm

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LOUISIANA DEMOCRAT [ALEXANDRIA, LA], March 21, 1860, p. 4, c. 2
Here is something new under the sun, taken from the N. O. Courier,
of a recent date.
Secret organization seem to be the order of the times:

The K. G. C.

We observe a call for the K. G. C.'s to meet at the hall over the
Carrollton R. R. Depot, on this evening, at 7 oclock. In conjunction with this
call we observe that many of the leading members of this organization are now in
our city. Gen. Bickley, the Commander-in-Chief, Col. Temple and Surgeon Semple,
are at the St. Louis Hotel; Gen. Greer, who is well-known as one of our bravest
Volunteer Colonels from Mississippi during the recent war, and who now commands
a division of the K. G. C., together with Major Richardson, one of his
staff-officers, and Col. H. C. Young, of Memphis, who commands the First
Tennessee Regiment are at the City Hotel; while others, as Captain Scott and
Lieutenant Breese, are at the Merchants'; Captain Gay, the wagon-master, is at
the "Texas Home;" and still many others of note and character are at the St.
Charles, or quartered with private friends in the city. Besides, there are
hundreds of our own citizens in hourly contact with these gentlemen, so that one
cannot but inquire, "What's in the wind?"
As our readers must feel some interest in whatever is likely to
create excitement we feel ourselves justified in making the following statement
respecting this powerful organization, from sources of information, which, from
the character of the parties from whom we have derived it, we deem worthy of
respectful consideration. The K. G. C., or "Knights of the Golden Circle," was
organized in 1854, more to cultivate the martial spirit of our people, than
anything else; since then it has steadily grown, until now it numbers over
30,000 members, who are scattered over the Southern States, and holding within
its charmed circle many of our most influential men and best soldiers. No
organization of the kind has in this country ever combined so much talent with
such immense financial resources, and under the present aspect of political
affairs, we do not deem it too much to say that the whole nation may soon become
deeply interested in the ultimate labors of the K. G. C.
It is generally understood that the K. G. C. are preparing to
operate in the broad field which civil war has opened in Mexico to American
enterprise and industry, and the first thought of the great public is that it is
to be a grand "filibuster" operation, destined to meet the same reverses which
have befallen all similar expeditions. But, for our part, if our information in
the main be correct, the gentlemen who stand at the head of the movement are of
an entirely different intellectual calibre from those whom we have heretofore
seen directing these military operations. If we were allowed to guess, we
should say that these gentlemen are about embarking in a scheme not unlike that
in which Lafayette, Kosciusco, DeKalb, and their compatriots so generously
engaged in when we were striving to shake off the shackles of British despotism;
and we are assured that it is their steady determination to place the "Liberal"
or Juarez party in the full and peaceful occupation of the City of Mexico, and
thus prove to the world that Americans will never refuse to other struggling
peoples the aid so opportunely rendered us by the French in 1777. This noble
work is one that we have frequently advocated, and the necessity of which is
truly felt by the masses in this country, as well as of the Republic of Mexico.
We say God speed to the K. G. C.! Should they fail, they will have fallen in a
noble cause.

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~Texas Jay
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloodybillandersonmystery