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Jones County (Miss.) Biography Jones County (Miss.) History 19th century Knight family Mississippi Mississippi History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects Mississippi Jones County Unionists (United States Civil War) Unionists (United States Civil War) Mississippi Jones County United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspectsJenkins, Sally.
Summary: "From 1863 to 1965, residents of Jones County, Mississippi engaged in an insurrection against the Confederacy that would have repercussions far beyond the scope of the Civil War. Their defiance became legendary, and the line between fact and fiction faded with each passing year. Until now..."--jacket cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2009
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Summary: 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, and aided by women, slaves, and children who spied on the Confederacy and provided food and shelter, they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Leaf River. There,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2016