Table of Contents

FOREWORD

PART ONE

The Free State of Jones by Thomas Jefferson Knight

Thomas Jefferson Knight’s Story of His Father, Newton Knight

An Intimate Sketch of the Activities of Newton Knight and “Free State of Jones County”

South’s Strangest ‘Army’ Revealed

PART TWO

The Echo of the Black Horn by Ethel Knight

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1. The Echo of the Black Horn

CHAPTER 2. The Sale of Rachel

CHAPTER 3. The New Slaves

CHAPTER 4. The Secession Convention

CHAPTER 5. The Volunteers of Mississippi

CHAPTER 6. The Deserter

CHAPTER 7. Organization

CHAPTER 8. Men of the Organization

CHAPTER 9. Bold Ventures

CHAPTER 10. The Sadness of War

CHAPTER 11. The Avengers of Ben Knight

CHAPTER 12. Preparation

CHAPTER 13. Captain Knight’s Strategy

CHAPTER 14. Many Fronts

CHAPTER 15. The Captain’s Decision

CHAPTER 16. December Battles

CHAPTER 17. The Last Year of the War

CHAPTER 18. The Carpetbag Rule of Jones County

CHAPTER 19. Reconstruction

CHAPTER 20. Discord

CHAPTER 21. The Unhappiness of Serena

CHAPTER 22. Shunned by Society

CHAPTER 23. Molly’s Marriage

CHAPTER 24. Tom’s Marriage

CHAPTER 25. The Captain’s Last Days