Lincoln's counterfeiters

Lincoln's counterfeiters The Wisconsin gang that funded the Union and started the Chicago mob

Andrea Nolen

Book - 2025

'In need of cash to finance the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln turned to the nation's leading counterfeiters, including a band of enterprising criminals based in Monroe, Wisconsin. Operating under the nose of Allan Pinkerton, the Bonelatta Gang worked alongside the Kentucky Colony, who formed Chicago's corrupt Democratic Machine and nurtured the Levee Lords all the way down to Al Capone. Even Salmon P. Chase helped this ring of Monroe crooks, but this did not stop the Secret Service from throwing them under the bus when Republican scandals became too hot for President Grant to handle. ... [the author shares this] story of an obscure gang in rural Wisconsin that helped birth not only the Chicago mob but also the Ziegfeld Follies a...nd the New Age movement"--Page 4 of cover.

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Subjects
Counterfeiters > Wisconsin > Monroe.
Criminals > Wisconsin > Monroe.
Organized crime > Wisconsin > Monroe > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Finance.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Counterfeit money.
Wisconsin > History > 1848-
True crime stories.
Genres
True crime stories
Published
Charleston, SC : published by The History Press, an imprint of Arcadia Publishing 2025.
Language
English
Main Author
Andrea Nolen (author)
Physical Description
188 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-179) and index.
ISBN
9781467157087
  • Introduction
  • 1. Napoleon Bonaparte Latta
  • 2. Lincoln, Abolition and Universalism: Latta's Supporters in Monroe, Wisconsin
  • 3. Indignation and Monroe's Miner Family
  • 4. Louisville, Kentucky
  • 5. "Jot" Miner in New York City
  • 6. Lincoln: Banking on the Public
  • 7. The Kentucky Colony
  • 8. The Sons of Liberty
  • 9. Beef and the Sex Trade
  • 10. The Palmer House Hotel
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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