Knights of the Golden Circle Treason History, Sons of Liberty, 1864

This is a reprint of the 1903 edition -- now in the public domain. It is a classic in the study of the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC). The KGC was a highly secret organization started shortly before the Civil War for purposes of uniting the southern U.S., Mexico and certain nearby lands to exploit the economic resources in the golden circle which was a 1200 mile circle with Havana as the center. This circle had abundance of natural resources and slave or near slave labor. When the CW started the tactics changed, but the eventual goal remained the same --a fascinating study.