John J. Knox

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
  1. "Knox concentrates on Freedmen's Bureau - Clarkston News". 25 August 2010.
  2. Enthusiastic as Ever, The Colored American (Washington, DC) 8 Mar 1902, page 4, accessed via Newspapers.com
  3. "John J. Knox's Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia and the South collection,". 8 February 2018 – via Open WorldCat.


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