When writing one of the chapters in Book 6 - The Conspiracy Theories in the Lincoln Assassination, research led me to the Knights of the Golden Circle. After six books, very little was found or read in their association with secession and connection with Lincoln's assassination.After reviewing numerous newspaper articles, periodicals, and others, I found where a Knight of the order, not disclosing his name, gave so much information in a publication from 1861, it difficult to fathom why such a minimum amount is written about this powerful and secretive organization.In order to finish a chapter in the Conspiracy Theories for Book 6, I have edited, corrected grammar, and delved deeply into all the players as written in this publication. I give most of the credit for this book to the unnamed author during my dissecting of the material sentence by sentence.On completion, I was going to used what was learned to help write the chapter in Book 6, but found on completion that it would lend to anyone studying about the KGC and what their purpose was.It is interesting reading connecting to a proposed invasion by Texas troops on Mexico in 1860, over twenty million dollars in gold and silver still unaccounted for, Texas Rangers and their association with the Order, and the list goes on and on.This book should be considered more as reference material when studying about the Civil War.In a survey run on my blog site, www.seanejacobs.com, only 10% heard about the KGC and less than 5% new what their purpose was. This is an amazing statistic as after decoding messages, finding evidence of John Wilkes Booth as a member or Jesse James as a member, or Ben McCollough, a Texas Ranger a member, why is it so very little has been written and published.I trust you will find this book about the most secretive society in the world and the forerunner to the Ku Klux Klan one of the most interesting unwritten subjects in history.
When writing one of the chapters in Book 6 - The Conspiracy Theories in the Lincoln Assassination, research led me to the Knights of the Golden Circle. After six books, very little was found or read in their association with secession and connection with Lincoln's assassination.After reviewing numerous newspaper articles, periodicals, and others, I found where a Knight of the order, not disclosing his name, gave so much information in a publication from 1861, it difficult to fathom why such a minimum amount is written about this powerful and secretive organization.In order to finish a chapter in the Conspiracy Theories for Book 6, I have edited, corrected grammar, and delved deeply into all the players as written in this publication. I give most of the credit for this book to the unnamed author during my dissecting of the material sentence by sentence.On completion, I was going to used what was learned to help write the chapter in Book 6, but found on completion that it would lend to anyone studying about the KGC and what their purpose was.It is interesting reading connecting to a proposed invasion by Texas troops on Mexico in 1860, over twenty million dollars in gold and silver still unaccounted for, Texas Rangers and their association with the Order, and the list goes on and on.This book should be considered more as reference material when studying about the Civil War.In a survey run on my blog site, www.seanejacobs.com, only 10% heard about the KGC and less than 5% new what their purpose was. This is an amazing statistic as after decoding messages, finding evidence of John Wilkes Booth as a member or Jesse James as a member, or Ben McCollough, a Texas Ranger a member, why is it so very little has been written and published.I trust you will find this book about the most secretive society in the world and the forerunner to the Ku Klux Klan one of the most interesting unwritten subjects in history.
