In less than a month I’ll be traveling to Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, to give a presentation on the Free State of Jones. The occasion is Leiden University’s three month lecture […]
Announcement: My upcoming visit to Leiden University
Where is Deserters’ Den located?
Visitors to Renegade South often express interest in where Newt Knight and his band of deserters hid out during the Civil War; there’s even an essay devoted to the question on this blog. […]
New Documents on Col. Robert Lowry’s raid on Jones County, Mississippi
Recently, I received an email message from Richard A. Jermyn, Jr., whose great-great grandfather and great grandfather both participated in Confederate Col. Robert Lowry’s raid on the Unionist/deserter stronghold of Jones County, […]
Renegade South rated as one of 30 best Civil War blogs!
I’m pleased to announce that Renegade South was recently listed as one of the top Civil War blogs by Onlinecourses.net! To visit the Online Courses site, simply click the certificate below. Online Courses.net […]
The Jackson Free Press reviews Long Shadow of the Civil War
On September 29, 2010, the Jackson Free Press published Byron Wilkes’s review of The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies. Historian/genealogist Ed Payne kindly sent me the link, which I have […]
Jon Odell: “Rachel Knight: Slave, White Man’s Mistress and Mother to a Movement”
Note from Moderator: Jonathan Odell has given me permission to reprint the following essay. For more of Jon’s creative writings, visit him at http://jon-odell.com/ Rachel Knight: Slave, White Man’s Mistress and Mother […]
Ed Payne: “Unionist Naming of Mississippi Children, 1861-1880″
Unionist naming of Mississippi children: 1861-1880 By Ed Payne In December of 1867, former Knight Band member and staunch Unionist Jasper Collins named his first son born after the Civil War, Ulysses […]
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