Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier, and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters who resisted the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Newton Knight quickly organized a company of approximately 125 men from Jones, Jasper, Covington, and Smith counties to defend themselves against the Confederates. They were known as the Knight Company and Newt was elected captain.

2022年1月8日 · Newton Knight led a small army of slaves and Confederate deserters to create the "Free State of Jones" in Mississippi during the U.S. Civil War. Known as the Knight Company, his guerrilla army took in fugitive slaves, other Confederate deserters, and even women.

2020年9月15日 · Newton Knight, a white Mississippi farmer, led armed opposition to the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War, creating “The Free State of Jones,” a county that supported the Union in the war.

2016年5月10日 · Did Newton Knight and his fighters really stage a surprise attack outside a church? Yes. According to author Victoria E. Bynum, an ambush appears in several accounts of the Free State of Jones story passed on by family members.

I’m here in Jones County, Mississippi, to breathe in the historical vapors left by Newton Knight, a poor white farmer who led an extraordinary rebellion during the Civil War. With a company of...

Newton Knight was a farmer and soldier who led a rebellion against the Confederacy during the American Civil War, advocating for the rights of poor farmers in Mississippi. He established the Free State of Jones, a mixed-race community that challenged racial segregation and discrimination in the South.

2022年3月17日 · In 2016, actor Matthew McConaughey starred as a pro-Union Mississippi man named Newton Knight who stood up to the Confederacy. Though some in the South protested Knight’s depiction as a hero, the Free State of Jones true story actually hews closely to the Hollywood version.

Newton Knight (November 1837 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier and Southern Unionist, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters that turned against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Newton Knight quickly organized a company of approximately 125 men from Jones, Jasper, Covington, and Smith counties to defend themselves against the Confederates. They were known as the Knight Company and Newt was elected captain.