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Dark Lanterns

Secret Political Societies, Conspiracies, and Treason Trials in the Civil War

By: Frank L. Klement

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Dark Lanterns

Secret Political Societies, Conspiracies, and Treason Trials in the Civil War

By: Frank L. Klement

During the agonizing days of the Civil War four secret political societies, often known as dark lantern societies, became household words throughout the North. Three of these groups--the Knights of the Golden Circle, the Order of American Knights, and the Sons of Liberty--supposedly were umbrellas for antiwar Democrats and were reportedly involved in treasonable activities. The Union League, on the other hand, was a patriotic political organization intent upon buttressing northern morale and giving support to the war program of the Lincoln administration. The accusations and counter accusations that passed between these opposing forces helped spread fantastic rumors about their power and influence. Treason trials held in Cincinnati and Indianapolis based convictions on hearsay, while the leaders of the Order of American Knights and the Knights of the Golden Circle spent much of the war in prison without benefit of trial. Today reputable reference sources still matter-of-factly credit these societies with large memberships and evil motives.In Dark Lanterns Frank L Klemment refutes past historical theories and shows quite clearly that these societies were never much more then paper-based organizations with vague goals and little ability to carry them out. Recounting the actual histories of these organizations, he shows how they were senationalized, even fictionalized, in both Republican and Democratic newspaper and magazine exposés. He also probes the trials arising from the supposed conspiracy to establish a separate confederacy in the Midwest and the so-called Camp Douglas conspiracy, which was intended to release the Confederate prisoners housed there. Despite the furor they generated, Klement concludes that these dark lantern societies were essentially engaged in nothing more than a war of words and that their alleged power was greatly exaggerated by political propaganda.Meticulously researched and lucidly argued, Dark Lanterns explores a controversial and puzzling aspect of the Civil war. It will be hard to dispute Klements' finding that generations of historians have swallowed whole a tale that was largely the product of myth and legend.

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0807115673

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The Limits of Dissent

Clement L. Vallandigham and the Civil War

By: Frank L. Klement

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The Limits of Dissent

Clement L. Vallandigham and the Civil War

By: Frank L. Klement

Every American war has brought conflict over the extent to which national security will permit protesters to exercise their constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression. The most famous case was that of Clement L. Vallandigham, the passionate critic of Lincoln's Civil War policies and one of the most controversial figure in the nation's history. In the great crisis of his time, he insisted that no circumstance, even war, could deprive a citizen of his right to oppose government policy freely and openly. The consequence was a furor which shook the nation's legislative halls and filled the press with vituperation. The ultimate fate for Vallandigham was arrest, imprisonment, and exile. The burning issues raised by his case remain largely unresolved today. Mr. Klement follows the tragic irony of Vallandigham's career and reassesses the man and history's judgment of him. After his death, "Valiant Val'' became a symbol of the dissenter in wartime whose case continues to have relevance in American democracy.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813194792

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9780813194790

Wisconsin in the Civil War

The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865

By: Frank Klement

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Wisconsin in the Civil War

The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865

By: Frank Klement

The final book by Marquette University historian Frank L. Klement (1905-1994), this is a vivid chronological narrative of Wisconsin's role in the pivotal event in American history. In this volume, Klement greatly expanded his 1962 booklet on this topic, adding new material on each of Wisconsin's fifty-three infantry regiments, political and constitutional issues, soldiers voting, women and the war, and Wisconsin's black soldiers.

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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0870206265

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9780870206269

Wisconsin in the Civil War

The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865

By: Frank Klement

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The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865

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Dark Lanterns

Secret Political Societies, Conspiracies, and Treason Trials in the Civil War

By: Frank L. Klement

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Exploring Lincoln

Great Historians Reappraise Our Greatest President

By: Craig L. Symonds,Frank J. Williams

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Great Historians Reappraise Our Greatest President

By: Craig L. Symonds,Frank J. Williams

Ubiquitous and enigmatic, the historical Lincoln, the literary Lincoln, even the cinematic Lincoln have all proved both fascinating and irresistible. Though some 16,000 books have been written about him, there is always more to say, new aspects of his life to consider, new facets of his persona to explore. Enlightening and entertaining, Exploring Lincoln offers a selection of sixteen papers presented at the Lincoln Forum symposia over the past three years. Shining new light on particular aspects of Lincoln and his tragically abbreviated presidency, Exploring Lincoln presents a compelling snapshot of current Lincoln scholarship and a fascinating window into understanding America’s greatest president.

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Fordham University Press

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082326565X

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The Limits of Dissent

Clement L. Vallandigham and the Civil War

By: Frank L. Klement

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Clement L. Vallandigham and the Civil War

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Clement L. Vallandigham & the Civil War

By: Frank L. Klement

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Clement L. Vallandigham & the Civil War

By: Frank L. Klement

Every American war has brought heated debate over the extent to which national security can permit protesters to exercise their constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression. The most famous and controversial Civil War case was that of Clement L. Vallandigham, the passionate critic of Lincoln's policies. In the great crisis of his time, he insisted that no circumstance, even war, could deprive a citizen of his right to oppose governmental policy freely and openly. The consequence was a furor that shook the nation's legislative halls and filled the press with vituperation. The ultimate fate for Vallandigham was arrest, imprisonment, and exile. However, the burning issues raised by his case remain largely unresolved today. In this book, the first full-length study of Vallandigham's Civil War career, Frank L. Klement reassesses the man and history's judgment of him.

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North's Civil War

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0823218910

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Nature, Nurture and Chance

The Lives of Frank and Charles Fenner

By: Frank Fenner

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The Lives of Frank and Charles Fenner

By: Frank Fenner

Judging by the numbers of newspaper reviews, biographies (including autobiographies) are amongst the most common literary works published these days. However, it is uncommon to find one book that combines a biography and an autobiography, as this book, Nature, Nurture and Chance: The Lives of Frank and Charles Fenner, does. As the author, Frank Fenner, sees it, 'nature' means the combination of genes that we inherit from our parents; 'nurture' means the way that our physical and social environment, especially during childhood, influence our mental and emotional characteristics; and chance is defined as 'the way things fall out'. These three elements define the careers of all human beings. The author uses them to compare his father's life and his own.

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1920942629

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The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898

By: Frank Norris

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The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898

By: Frank Norris

Frank Norris (1870-1902) has long been recognized by cultural historians as a "touchstone" figure, clearly signaling in 1899 the emergence of an Amer. school of Literary Naturalism. "McTeague: A Story of San Francisco" secured this honor for him that year as it registered more fully than any previous Amer. novel the Darwinian view of life that is the essential characteristic of all subsequent Naturalistic fictions. It thus marked as well the rejection of the Victorian Era's habitually idealistic representations of human nature and its basically religious world-view, offering instead a post-metaphysical portrait of the human condition that has remained popular in 20th-cent. literary and intellectual circles. Includes all of the known writings of Norris published between 11 April 1896 and 1897. Illus.

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American Philosophical Society

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0871692198

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Book's by Frank L. Klement

Dark Lanterns

Dark Lanterns

The Limits of Dissent

The Limits of Dissent

Wisconsin in the Civil War

Wisconsin in the Civil War

Wisconsin in the Civil War

Wisconsin in the Civil War

Dark Lanterns

Dark Lanterns

Exploring Lincoln

Exploring Lincoln

The Limits of Dissent

The Limits of Dissent

The Limits of Dissent

The Limits of Dissent

Nature, Nurture and Chance

Nature, Nurture and Chance

The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898

The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898

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