I just completed reading Victoria Bynum's book, Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War. Interesting but definitely a "tiring" read. If one can manage to wade through it, it's a good start to what went on in Jones County.

It is difficult for me to have respect for the Knight folks because it is believed that my gg grandfather, M.T.G. Kilgore, was killed by Knight's band. M.T.G. had been sent home to recuperate from frozen feet and had left to return to his unit (27th). The story goes that his horse returned home without him and family went to look for him and found him dead. There were no union units in the area at the time.