Alex,

Thanks.

Then the question is when the movement took hold in the US (probably early on, I suspect) and what sort of Quaker 'activism' there may have been with respect to the Civil War. Also, presuming that: a) they were against hostilities, and b) they were abolishonists, how they reconciled these positions. All such questions arise from speculation, on my part. Civil War studies is a whole new world to me, and, at the moment, a quick foray from other pursuits. But the fact that decoys were named fo them suggests they were a movement with some heft to it. I guess I'll see if I can find a 'etymology' for the term when I get home tonight.