The State of Jones : The Small Southern County that Seceded from the Confederacy (Paperback)

from wmorton38

First let me say this is a well written book that I enjoyed very much. It is the story of the Union sympathizers in south east Mississippi (in and around Jones county) who made life very difficult for the Confederate authorities during the Civil War. They opposed secession and when they served in...

from sjmccreary

This is the nonfiction account of Jones County, Mississippi (just north of Hattiesburg) which attempted to seceed from the confederacy during the civil war and become an independent State, supporting the union. The book is based on the story of Newton Knight, a resident of Jones County, and the l...

from spounds

In the middle of the Civil War, after participating as a Southern soldier in two losing battles, Newton Knight left the Confederate Army and returned to his home in Jones County, Mississippi. A few months later he was leading a group of over 150 men in open rebellion against the Confederacy. I en...

from Sullywriter

A fascinating, largely unknown piece of Civil War history. There were a considerable number of anti-slavery, pro-Unionists living in southern Mississippi, some of whom took part in guerilla warfare against Conferderate forces. The authors sometimes rely too much upon conjecture and speculation, b...

from sjmccreary

This is the nonfiction account of Jones County, Mississippi (just north of Hattiesburg) which attempted to seceed from the confederacy during the civil war and become an independent State, supporting the union. The book is based on the story of Newton Knight, a resident of Jones County, and the l...