Newton Knight
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newton-knight-162-7307971
title:
Newton Knight
text:
Newton Knight was an American farmer, soldier and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters who resisted the Confederacy during the Civil War. Local legends tell of Knight and his men forming the "Free State of Jones" in the area in and around Jones County, Mississippi, at the height of the war. The nature and extent of the Knight Company's opposition to the Confederate government is disputed among historians. After the
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American Civil War fighter (1829–1922)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Knight
date created:
2008-10-07T23:10:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T00:27:20Z
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