This organization's name was used on one-dollar tickets sold to the Amish by grifters, who falselyclaimed that this group would guarantee property against military expropriation.
This organization's name was used on one-dollar tickets sold to the Amish by grifters, who falselyclaimed that this group would guarantee property against military expropriation. False reports ofwidespread support for this group encouraged the raids of John Hunt Morgan, who expected to findthese people joining his efforts. This group was organized into local chapters known as "castles"after it was founded in Cincinnati by George Bickley. Ex-President Franklin Pierce engaged in a warof open letters with William (*) Seward over the accusation of Pierce's membership in this group, whichdid include imprisoned protestor Lambdin Milligan. This group was named for a proposed area extendingto Venezuela which would comprise twenty-five new states. It organized the 1861 Baltimore assassinationattempt on Abraham Lincoln, and by 1864 they were reconstituted as the Order of American Knights andled by Clement Vallandigham. For 10 points, name this secret society which proposed to help theConfederacy defeat the North, then continue annexing territory for future slave states.
This organization's name was used on one-dollar tickets sold to the Amish by grifters, who falselyclaimed that this group would guarantee property against military expropriation.
Knights of the Golden Circle [or Order of American Knights until it is read; or Order of the Sons of Liberty; prompt on Sons of Liberty; prompt on Copperheads ]