REPORT OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL ON "THE ORDER OF AMERICAN KNIGHTS," ALIAS "THE SONS OF LIBERTY," A WESTERN CONSPIRACY IN AID OF THE SOUTHERN REBELLION

[Civil War]

Washington, D.C: Daily Chronicle Print, 1864. 16pp. printed in double-column format. Original printed wrappers. Wraps detached and bit chipped, old fold. Internally quite good. Gives an account of the history of The Order of American Knights, its organization, officers, numbers, armed force, rituals, written principles, purposes and operations, and includes testimony by witnesses. This Copperhead group was accused of subverting the Northern war effort. Different in format but identical in content to the same title issued by the Government Printing Office in the same year.