Movie Thread

[Runnin]

I had absolutely no idea about this story until the movie came out. Of course, I grew up on the other end of the Mississippi and all we ever heard about (and continue to hear about) up here is the gallantry of the First Minnesota at Gettysburg. Watching the movie, I sensed a somewhat libertarian, and yet equalitarian, undertone as in "Don't tell me who to love. Don't tell me who to fight. Just leave me alone." But it's truly a compelling story.

Yes, and the 20 Slave Law solidified his feeling that it was a "rich man's war".

This book is a good place to to learn more. Evidently, Newton Knight was imprisoned several times for desertion before he finally went back home for good and started his band of Unionists. The book also claims that it was said that he walked into a secret Confederate meeting about what to do about him and shot everyone down, leaving no witnesses.