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The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War
The Free State of Jones Mississippi's Longest Civil War
Author: Victoria E. Bynum
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 has it, they declared the Free State of Jones....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807826362
ISBN-10: 0807826367
Publication Date: 9/10/2001
Pages: 316
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Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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