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Current Civil War Studies Newsletter Article
Newton Knight was born in 1837 near the Leaf River in Jones County, Mississippi, a region romantically described in 1841 by the historian J.F.H. Claiborne as a "land of milk and honey."
Civil War Study Tours with the Resident Associate Program
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Sun., March 28 or April 11, 8 a.m.
Join Civil War historian Ed Bearss as he explores the historic events following the Battle of the Wilderness. The tour includes the Bloody Angle and Harris Farm.
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