Quelling the Camp Douglas Conspiracies

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2015-12
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Towne, Stephen E., 1961-
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During the American Civil War, U.S. Army detectives spied on Confederate agents in Chicago and the Midwest who aimed, in collaboration with Northern sympathizers, to subvert the federal government. In 1864, army detectives and spies succeeded in infiltrating plots to release Confederate prisoners-of-war held in Camp Douglas, near Chicago. Military commanders broke up the plots, arrested some of the leaders, and tried them by military commission.

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United States History, Civil War 1861-1865, Chicago, Illinois, United States Army, espionage, subversion, Sons of Liberty, Samuel P. Heintzelman, Benjamin J. Sweet
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Chicago (Ill.), United States. Army, Espionage -- United States, Subversive activities -- United States, Sons of Liberty (1864), Heintzelman, Samuel Peter, 1805-1880, Sweet, Benjamin J.
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"Quelling the Camp Douglas Conspiracies," Chicago History xl, number 1 (Winter, 2015), 26-39.
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