A Secret Society History of the Civil War

by Mark A. Lause

Book Overview

This unique history of the Civil War considers the impact of nineteenth-century American secret societies on the path to as well as the course of the war. Beginning with the European secret societies that laid the groundwork for Freemasonry in the United States, Mark A. Lause analyzes how the Old World's traditions influenced various underground groups and movements in America, particularly George Lippard's Brotherhood of the Union, an American attempt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252036557
• ISBN13: 9780252036552
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"