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The free state of Jones : Mississippi's longest civil war

text The free state of Jones : Mississippi's longest civil war

Bynum, Victoria E.

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... Read more
Contents
Sacred Wars: Race and the Ongoing Battle over the Free State of Jones -- The Origins of Mississippi's Piney Woods People -- Jones County's Carolina Connection: Class and Race in Revolutionary America -- The Quest for Land: Yeoman Republicans on th... Read more
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Description
xxiv, 324 pages : illustrations, maps, charts, genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press 2016
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 976 BYN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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