The state of Jones the small southern county that seceded from the Confederacy

In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight's life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South--and it shatters the image of the Con...

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Main Author: Jenkins, Sally.
Other Authors: Stauffer, John, 1965-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • The South's strangest soldier
  • Corinth
  • Home
  • The swamp and the Citadel
  • The hounds
  • The Third Front
  • Banners raised and lowered
  • Reconstruction and redemption
  • The family tree.