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Secret Political Societies in the South During the Period of Reconstruction (PDF file)
Thanks for the share– spouseanon is a member of UDC and is interested. The South was almost as bad AFTER the War of the Late Unpleasantness as it was DURING it.
Pro tip: Never get a hardcore lifetime genealogist started on history. It's a really good thing she is usually up to her nose in colonial and pre-colonial research in insanely obscure sources to browse here. See, the thing is that everyone, everywhere, has dirty skeletons in their closets. And there are no exceptions in ANY family. For every good person who was respected by his/her community and beloved by his/her family, there are the same number of horse thieves, pirates, homicidal maniacs or slave traders in the woodpile.
It's kind of the ultimate dig. I've seen her find information so shocking that she walked away from the laptop and went for a walk.