. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . e were opened with men like Horace Greeley and JudgeBlack, but the correspondence with Greeley was made public,and the matter reached an untimely end. There existed in the Northern States an essentially mili-tary organization known as the Sons of Liberty, whose prin-ciple was that the States were sovereign and that there wasno authority in the central Government to coerce a seced-ing State. It was estimated that the total membership of thissociety was fully three hundred thousand, of whom eighty-fivethousand resided in Illinois, fi
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . e were opened with men like Horace Greeley and JudgeBlack, but the correspondence with Greeley was made public,and the matter reached an untimely end. There existed in the Northern States an essentially mili-tary organization known as the Sons of Liberty, whose prin-ciple was that the States were sovereign and that there wasno authority in the central Government to coerce a seced-ing State. It was estimated that the total membership of thissociety was fully three hundred thousand, of whom eighty-fivethousand resided in Illinois, fifty thousand in Indiana, andforty thousand in Ohio. The feeling was general among themembers that it woidd be useless to hold the coming presi-dential election, since Mr. Lincoln held the power and wouldundoubtedly be reelected. Therefore it was planned to re-sort to force. Plans for a revolution and a new Confederacywere promoted, in all of which the Southern commissionerstook a most active interest. The grand commander of the Sons of Liberty was C. L. %■. VESPASIAN CHANCELLORONE OE JEB STUARTS KEENEST SCOUTS The scouts were the real eyes and ears of the army. From the very beginning of the war the Confederatecavalry was much used for scouting purposes, even at the time when Federal commanders were stillchiefly dependent upon civilian spies, detectives, and deserters for information as to their opponents strengthand movements. They saw the folly of this, after much disastrous experience, and came to rely like theConfederates on keen-witted cavalrymen. The true scout must be an innate lover of adventure, with iihesharpest of eyesight and undaunted courage. Such was Vespasian Chancellor, one of the most successfulscouts in General J. E. B. Stuarts cavalry command. He was directly attached to the generals headquarters. Jje (Eflufrtorafr fbmrt Btxnm # * •$•
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