| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 125 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1902. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Knights of the Golden Circle -- Fiction.
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Knights of the Golden Circle.
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Knights of the Golden Circle. (OCoLC)fst00639489
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American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
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Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
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War stories.
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Illinois. (OCoLC)fst01205143
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1861 - 1865
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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War stories.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Earle, Mary Tracy, b. 1864. Flag on the hilltop. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1989 0809315173 (DLC) 88026469 (OCoLC)18442080 |
| ISBN |
058507951X (electronic bk.) |
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9780585079516 (electronic bk.) |
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