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Three Civil War-Era Reports on Subversive Groups,... (Total: 3 Items)
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Three Civil War-Era Reports on Subversive Groups, including: Joseph Holt. Report of the Judge Advocate General on the "Order of American Knights," or "Sons of Liberty." A Western Conspiracy in Aid of the Southern Rebellion. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864. First edition. Octavo. 16 pages. Printed wraps. Some toning to covers and some tears on the back cover, else very good. [and] [S. A. Craig]. Read, Freeman, Read!! Seizure of Arms and Ammunition, Copperheadism Exposed; Letters From Capt. S. A. Craig, 17th Reg't V.R.C. Addressing the Supreme Grand Commander of the Order of the Sons of Liberty, &c. Pittsburgh: A. A. Anderson & Sons, 1864. Octavo. 26 pages. Disbound. Very good. Craig was post commandant at Indianapolis at the time of the "exposure" of the ploy by Indiana Democrats to launch an insurrection. He discloses all the secret codes, etc. by which the Hoosiers allegedly went about their nefarious work. [and] Before a Military Commission, Cincinnati, O., April 11, 1865. The United States vs. Buckner S. Morris, and others. Argument of T. W. Bartley, Touching the Question of Jurisdiction, and Other Legal Questions. [No publisher or place], 1865. Octavo. 61 pages. Disbound. Very good. Morris, a former mayor of Chicago and Treasurer of the Sons of Liberty, was accused of conspiracy in connection with a plot to seize Camp Douglas and free Confederate prisoners of war as well as "to lay waste and destroy the city of Chicago". The arguments challenging the jurisdiction of the military commission made here by Bartley were ultimately accepted by the Supreme Court in the Milligan decision.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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