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The flag on the hilltop / Mary Tracy Earle ; with an introduction by Herbert K. Russell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1989.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 125 pages, [3] leaves of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 058507951X
  • 9780585079516
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Flag on the hilltop.DDC classification:
  • 813/.4 19
LOC classification:
  • PS3509.A63 F5 1989eb
Online resources: Summary: Early in the Civil War, two young brothers boldly flew the Union flag from a tree atop a hill between Makanda and Cobden. This was a towering act of courage in an area teeming with Copperheads. Theodore and Al Thompson, 18 and 20 years old at the time, raised the flag in defiance of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secessionist group that operated throughout the Midwest. Controlling its membership through terror, this secret society condemned betrayers to death by torture. The Knights, whose goals included capturing a Union prison and liberating the rebels, triggered the Civil War riot in Charleston, instigated anti-draft movements, and aided Northern deserters.
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Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1902.

Early in the Civil War, two young brothers boldly flew the Union flag from a tree atop a hill between Makanda and Cobden. This was a towering act of courage in an area teeming with Copperheads. Theodore and Al Thompson, 18 and 20 years old at the time, raised the flag in defiance of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secessionist group that operated throughout the Midwest. Controlling its membership through terror, this secret society condemned betrayers to death by torture. The Knights, whose goals included capturing a Union prison and liberating the rebels, triggered the Civil War riot in Charleston, instigated anti-draft movements, and aided Northern deserters.

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