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Title: The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War by Victoria E. Bynum ISBN: 0-8078-5467-0 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Well Researched History of the "Republic" of Jones
Comment: I have always wondered exactly what happened in Jones County, Mississippi, during the recent unpleasantness, and after reading The Free State of Jones, now I know. Often billed as the county that seceded from the Confederacy, the author provides an excellent local history of Southwest Mississippi from the early 1800s to the dawn of the Civil Rights movement. The author begins with the immigrants to Mississippi territory, mainly from the Carolinas. Excellent maps of migration routes and the early counties in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi are included. During the Civil War, a band of 100 or so deserters from Confederate military service hid in Jones County, where the soil did not promote large commercial planting, and few individuals owned slaves. While there was never a formal act of secession from the Confederacy by the county government of Jones, the band of deserters did fight fourteen skirmishes with Confederate troops between 1863 and 1865, and many locals were sympathethic, either because they were relatives, they didn't like the relatively strong central Confederate government, or Confederate troops misbehaved by stealing from their small farms. Many of the band deserted because the felt the war was "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight"--especially after the "20 Negro Law" was passed exempting slaveowners with 20 or more slaves from Confederate military service. The author also goes into the mixed racial family of the leader of the band of deserters, Newt Knight, who survived until 1922. There are few places to read the details of this interesting micro-history within the Confederacy. Ms. Bynum's thoroughly researched book encompasses the whole story, and is worth the effort of delving into such a detailed local history.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War
Comment: Ms. Bynum provides a well researched and written account of the lifestyles and circumstandes of the people of Jones County, MS, leading up to the Civil War. Her research takes us back into North and South Carolina, prior to 1800, and follows the families of early Jones County settlers. She goes into details, explaining the different economic, cultural, and religious factors that served to mold the life of the everyday Jones County citizen.
The Free State of Mississippi... is a must read for anyone whith roots in Jones Co., MS, as well as for anyone who is simply interested in deep South History.
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Title: Sullivan's Hollow by Chester Sullivan, Chester Sullivan ISBN: 0878050809 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Mississippi: A Documentary History by Bradley G. Bond ISBN: 1578065410 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Forgotten Time: The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta After the Civil War (American South) by John C. Willis ISBN: 0813919827 Publisher: University Press of Virginia Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.50 |
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Title: The War Was You and Me: Civilians in the American Civil War by Joan E. Cashin ISBN: 0691091749 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives by Martha H. Swain, Elizabeth Anne Payne, Marjorie Julian Spruill, Susan Ditto, Anne Firor Scott ISBN: 0820325031 Publisher: University of Georgia Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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