Uncle Daniel's story of "Tom" Anderson and twenty great battles . lsto gain their independence; to aid and assist prisoners to escape; to vote for no one for office who was not oi^posed jto the further prosecution of the war, to encourage de-sertions from the Union army; to protect the rebels in all ithings necessary to carry out their designs, even to theburning and destroying of towns and cities, if necessary, inorder to produce the desired result. They were also directedto give information at all times of any knowledge they 92 UNCLE DAXIEIiS STORY. might have of the movements of our armies,
Uncle Daniel's story of "Tom" Anderson and twenty great battles . lsto gain their independence; to aid and assist prisoners to escape; to vote for no one for office who was not oi^posed jto the further prosecution of the war, to encourage de-sertions from the Union army; to protect the rebels in all ithings necessary to carry out their designs, even to theburning and destroying of towns and cities, if necessary, inorder to produce the desired result. They were also directedto give information at all times of any knowledge they 92 UNCLE DAXIEIiS STORY. might have of the movements of our armies, and of thecoming of soldiers to tlieir homes; to use their influence toprevent their return to the army. They were not even todisclose the murder of any returned soldier or Union man,if done by any one belonging to this organization. Theywere told in the instructions that men were sent into ourprisons to obUgate and instruct all prisoners, so that theycould make themselves known in traveling, should theyescape; also, that the organization extended into Canada,. KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CTHCLE MEETING IN A BARN. as well as every State in the North; that men in our armybelonged to it, who would retreat in battle, or surrenderwhenever they could do so; they could always make them-selves known to the rebel commanders; that the memberswere in every Avay possible to foment jealousies and ill-feel-ing between the Eastern and Western troops, and espe-cially between the commandmg Generals of the two sec-tions; they were to encourage the Western volunteers notto allow themselves to be commanded by Eastern officers,and especially were they to tickle the fancy and pride of UNCLE DANIELS STORY. 93 I the Eastern officeis and men, by encouraging them not toallow themselves to be subjected to the control of the un-educated men of the West—in short, every kind and char-acter of argument was to be resorted to. In the event offailure, any other means, no matter what, was to be employed to cause f
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