The great treason plot in the North during the war (1895)
Ayer, I. Winslow · Chicago, Ill. : U.S. Pub. Co. · leaf 70
name] at the solicitation of Stephen Horsey ofMartin County; that they swore to support the causeof the Confederacy north or south, at all hazards, andthat if they revealed the secrets of the order, theywere to have their hearts torn out, and bodies cut intopieces, etc. It was said in the Order,… … CAMP MORTON NEAR INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 66 THE GREAT TREASON PLOT that we would have revolvers shipped to us. Tw^oboxes of revolvers came, marked as jewelry so I wastold b}^ Stephen Horsey. The Indianians were to seizeIndianapolis and the arsenal, and distribute the arms tomembers of the Order. At the…
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 · Sons of Liberty (1864) · Knights of the Golden Circle · Secret societies · Northwestern Conspiracy, 1864
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