Go in on Google and type in Knights of the Golden Circle - very interestin article there ---- Carolyn Jones <bepgjones@yahoo.com> wrote: > Can anyone explain the connection of the Knights of the Golden Circle & the Confederates? I'm unfamiliar with the KGC and would like to learn more. Carolyn > >   > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Randi <gftl@bluemarble.net> > To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 6:18 PM > Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Floyd County: George W. L. Bickley, Believed Originator of the Knights of the Golden Circle, Arrested > > > Lowell (MASS) Daily Citizen and News, July 24, 1863, p. 2. > > The New Albany, Indiana, Ledger reports the arrest in that city of George W. > L. Bickley, supposed to be the originator of the order of the Knights of the > Golden Circle though he denies the soft impeachment.  There were found upon > him letters from parties in Memphis, Lynchburg, New York and other points > directed to General Bickley as "Major General" of the order.  Also a copy of > the "Degree Book" of the order of the Knights of the Golden Circle; a card > on which is printed an explanation of the signs, grips, etc., of the order; > another card on which is printed in red and blue the Confederate flag with > the letters "K. G. C." on each bar, the name "General George Bickley" being > placed on the top.  Bickley has been sent to Louisville and will be further > examined. > > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message