[PDF] Knights In Fustian eBook

Author : Caroline Brown
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 28,24 MB
Release : 2012-01-02
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ISBN : 9781468186345

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Knights in Fustian: A War Time Story of Indiana

Author : Caroline Brown
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 37,78 MB
Release : 2018-11-20
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ISBN : 9780483074187

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Excerpt from Knights in Fustian: A War Time Story of Indiana Knights of the Golden Circle as a matter of little moment; and we of a later generation can hardly credit the extent of the organization, and the heinousness of its aims, which included crime and the disruption of the Union. Yet Governor Mor ton managed to keep every act of these Knights under surveillance. There was not a moment, says Dudley Foulke, in which they were not held securely in the grip of the war governor of Indiana. Quietly and firmly he broke up the organization by arresting the leaders, and pre vented an uprising which, if successful, would have told very seriously on the outcome of the war. Six men who were the leaders Of the order in Indiana were tried before a military commis sion and found guilty of treason, but were par doued by Mr. Johnson, after the assassination of President Lincoln, through the intercession of Governor Morton himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : James Alvin Huston
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780761816140

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In A Hoosier Sampler, James A. Huston provides a thorough compilation of the works of some of Indiana's most notable writers. Huston brings to the foreground such world renowned authors as Lew Wallace, Lloyd C. Douglas, Charles Major, Kurt Vonnegut, and James Whitcomb Riley among others, to produce a comprehensive volume of great works that provides the true flavor of each author's style as well as interesting, enjoyable, and instructive reading. Covering nearly every accomplished Indiana writer, this anthology will be of great use to students and professors of literature as well as the general reader.