The state of Jones : The small southern county that seceded from the Confederacy/ Sally Jenkins; John Stauffer.

By:

Jenkins, Sally

Contributor(s):

Stauffer, John

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Doubleday, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9780739328583

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

22 973.7472 SAL

Contents:

1. The South's strangest soldier -- 2. Corinth -- 3. Home -- 4. The swamp and the Citadel -- 5. The hounds -- 6. The Third Front -- 7. Banners raised and lowered -- 8. Reconstruction and redemption --

Summary: In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight's life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South--and it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	973.7472 SAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		29261

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1. The South's strangest soldier --
2. Corinth --
3. Home --
4. The swamp and the Citadel --
5. The hounds --
6. The Third Front --
7. Banners raised and lowered --
8. Reconstruction and redemption --

In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight's life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South--and it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union.

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