The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War

by Victoria E. Bynum

Book Overview

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 they declared their loyalty to the U.S. government.

The story of the Jones County rebellion is well known among Mississippians, and debate over whether...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469627051
• ISBN13: 9781469627052
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 9.3"