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Knights of the Golden Circle
From: Charlie Larimer [email protected]
Date: 01 Nov 1998
Time: 12:24:44
Remote Name: chcgb109-34.splitrock.net
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There is a brief reference to the Knights of the Golden Circle in a letter written by my great great grandmother, Aug 7th, 1864 from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. "The Copperheads don't say much, but I guess they are doing all they can secretly. There is a good deal of talk of the Knights of the Golden Circle having meetings all over the State. I guess they are plotting some mischief."
During that time there was great concern in southern Iowa that the guerillas from Missouri might cross into Iowa. My g g grandmother mentioned this in the same letter, so there may have been some fear that the Knights of the Golden Circle were connected to the Missouri guerillas.
Charlie Larimer [email protected]
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