discussions of the Civil War uprising in Southeastern Mississippi popularly known as the “Free State of Jones”
Richard Grant’s recent article in Smithsonian Magazine, “The True Story of The Free State of Jones,” is chock full of interesting interviews about Mississippi’s most famous band of renegades, and well worth […]
By Vikki Bynum From the cover of the Movie Edition of The Free State of Jones: Between late 1863 and mid-1864, an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the […]
By Vikki Bynum I enjoyed watching the Free State of Jones trailer yesterday, and I know from reading my email and comments on Facebook that many of you did, too! Not only […]
Visit STX Entertainment’s Free State of Jones Website by clicking here.
By Vikki Bynum Between November 19–22, 2015, the Smithsonian Institute and National Endowment for the Humanities will host a history film forum at the National Museum of American History in Washington […]
Renegade South is pleased to introduce the second edition of The Free State of Jones! Not only does this “movie edition” sport a snazzy new cover, I’ve also written a new afterword […]
by Vikki Bynum As we await the release of The Free State of Jones, I thought it might be fun to visit an earlier movie similarly inspired by Newt Knight and the […]
Southern Unionists Chronicles
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