John J. Knox was a major in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and a leading figure in the Freedmen's Bureau.[1] Knox Institute was named for him. Monroe Morton attended the Knox Institute and became a messenger for Major Knox.[2]
Johnston was seriously injured during the Civil War and suffered from severe dysentery afterwards.[1]
The University of Georgia library has a collection of papers relating to Knox and the Freedmen's Bureau's activities.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Knox concentrates on Freedmen's Bureau - Clarkston News". 25 August 2010.
- ^ Enthusiastic as Ever, The Colored American (Washington, DC) 8 Mar 1902, page 4, accessed via Newspapers.com
- ^ John J. Knox's Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia and the South collection. 8 February 2018. OCLC 456084548 – via Open WorldCat.
