During the booksigning portion of my recent trip to the Laurel-Jones County Library, where I gave a presentation on Newt Knight and the Free State of Jones, I met Jan Dykes, who […]
Renegade Women: Eliphar Chain of the Free State of Jones
Announcements: a past interview; an upcoming presentation; the Knight-Booth Family Reunion
Interview by Wisconsin Public Radio This has been a busy week, and the upcoming week will be even more so! As part of Wisconsin Public Radio’s observation of the 150 year anniversary of the Civil War, […]
O. C. Martin, Confederate Veteran, remembers the Civil War and Newt Knight
By Vikki Bynum Ed Payne’s current series on Mississippi Piney Woods Civil War Unionists, “Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties,” provides a timely context for a closer look at Oquin C. Martin, a former Confederate […]
Ed Payne, “Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties,” Part 2
Part 2: No better than runaway slaves: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st N.O. Infantry By Ed Payne Between November of 1863 and November of 1864, over two hundred Mississippi […]
Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st and 2nd New Orleans Infantry
Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st and 2nd New Orleans Infantry By Ed Payne Part I Two years ago I gave a presentation in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, a […]
New documents verifying Unionism in the Mississippi Piney Woods
During the past six months, I have received several messages from independent researcher Jeff Giambrone, who sent me a number of Civil War letters and newspaper articles that he has uncovered through his […]
Speaking About Southern Unionists . . . and Mixed-Race People: A Report and an Announcement
Report: By Vikki Bynum I just returned from a wonderful visit to Leiden University in the Netherlands, where I spoke generally about Civil War Southern Unionists and specifically about The Free State […]
Reflections on the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War
The following essay is crossposted on the special Civil War Sesquicentennial website hosted by the University of North Carolina Press. Vikki Bynum, Moderator Reflections on the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Victoria Bynum As […]
Ed Payne: “Unionism and a Murder in the Family: Robert Spencer”
While conducting his ongoing research on men who joined the Union Army from the Piney Woods region of Mississippi, Ed Payne discovered the following story buried in the military files of one Robert Spencer. […]
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. […]
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