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. […]
Where is Deserters’ Den located?
Horse Thieves and Cattle Rustlers: The White Family of Jones County, Mississippi
by Vikki Bynum Over the past few years, the following passage from the 1938 book, Mississippi: A Guide to the Magnolia State, has prompted several folks to write me at Renegade South: On February […]
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 […]
Michael Perman reviews Long Shadow of the Civil War
My thanks to historian Michael Perman of the University of Illinois at Chicago for his thoughtful review of Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies in the Summer […]
Newt Knight vs. the U.S. Court Claims revisited: Montgomery Blackwell’s deposition
For thirty years, guerrilla leader Newt Knight of Jasper County, Mississippi, sought compensation as a Unionist from the U.S. government on behalf of himself and 54 men who had belonged to his […]
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