Between late 1863 and mid-1864, an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the Piney Woods region of Jones County, Mississippi. Calling themselves the Knight Company after their captain, Newton Knight, they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Leaf River, where, legend
The free state of Jones: a true story of defiance during the American Civil War
β Scribed by Bynum, Victoria E.;Knight family
- Publisher
- Duckworth Overlook
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 401
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Subjects
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General;Military deserters;Military deserters--Mississippi--Jones County--History--19th century;Racially mixed people;Racially mixed people--Mississippi--Jones County--History--19th century;Social aspects;Social conditions;Unionists (United States Civil War);Unionists (United States Civil War)--Mississippi--Jones County;History;Electronic books;Knight family;Military deserters -- Mississippi -- Jones County -- History -- 19th century;Unionists (United St
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
TRUE STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR collects true tales of the Civil War, meticulously researched by Civil War authority Joseph J. Millard. These classic works, all originally published in TRUE Magazine, are great reading for any Civil War buff! <P> "The Spy Who Saved the Union" — The tale of the am
<p class="description">Between late 1863 and mid-1864, an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the Piney Woods region of Jones County, Mississippi. Calling themselves the Knight Company after their captain, Newton Knight, they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Le
Overview: A not so Civil War