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Newton Knight
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American Civil War fighter (1829โ€“1922)

Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 โ€“ 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. Local legends tell of Knight and his men forming the "Free State of Jones" in the area...

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