3. The Confederacy Sent Bloodhounds To Try To End The Knight Company
When Newton Knight murdered Confederate Major Amos McLemore, the Confederacy tried to think of other ways to take down the Knight Company. Therefore, in the spring of 1864 the Confederacy, who was thoroughly embarrassed about the Knight Company by this point, decided to send bloodhounds to try to end the Knight Company. While this mission worked to kill some of the Knight Company members, at least ten were hung, it did not stop Newton Knight and the Knight Company. The company came back with a vengeance.
At first, the leaders of the Confederacy believed that they had officially ended their embarrassment known as the Knight Company. By releasing all the bloodhounds into the swamps of Jones County, Mississippi, where they Knight Company was known to hide, they believed they had killed the company’s leader, Newton Knight. However, they soon learned that they were very wrong to make this assumption. Shortly after the attack of the bloodhounds was over, the remaining members of the Knight Company, including Newton, came back. In response, the company not only stole food and supplies from the Confederate Army but they also burned bridges and destroyed the railroad.