Free State of Jones

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On October 13, 1863, a band of deserters from Jones County and adjacent counties organized to protect the area from Confederate authorities and the crippling of tax collections. The company, led by Newton Knight, formed a separate government, with Unionist leanings, known as the "Free State of Jones" and fought a recorded 14 skirmishes with Confederate forces.

Establishment

Chronology

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1. American Civil War

Was a civil war in the United States of America between the central government (Unionists) and the secessionist Confederate States of America that occupied the southern States. The main cause of the war was the different economic system of the northern and southern states: the northern states were industrialized and had abolished slavery, whereas the southern states relied on slavery to run its plantation agriculture based economy. At the end of the war the Union occupied the southern states and slavery was abolished. .

1.1.Secession of the Free State of Jones

During the American Civil War Jones County (Mississippi) formed a separate government.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

Disestablishment