The State of Jones
Subtitle: The Small Southern County That Seceded from the Confederacy
By: by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer.
Contributors: Stauffer, John, 1965-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780385525930
Subjects: Knight, Newton, -- ca. 1829-1922; Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Mississippi -- Jones County; Jones County (Miss.) -- History -- 19th century; Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; Jones County (Miss.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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 Confederacy as a unified front against the Union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.