| Barney's death left his mother, wife and son with no income. Family legend claims Barney's wife, Ann, may have remarried in late 1864 or early 1865 possibly to a man named Owens and relocated to Fall River, Massachusetts.
Mary McKnight, at the age of 59, applied and received her son's military pension of $8.00 a month. She continued to reside in East Taunton, Massachusetts and raise Barney's son, John, until her death on April 28, 1875. John grew up in his grandmother's home in East Taunton. Both are recorded in the 1870 Federal Census. Family legend claims when Mary died John left Massachusetts to find his father's grave in Georgia. He served as a cook's mate on a ship traveling down the Atlantic coast and eventually found his way to Andersonville. By 1880 John appears in Pittsburgh, PA and married Ann Quinn (same name as his mother). |
 Ann Quinn and John McKnight Circ 1915 |
| The couple settled in the Irish ghetto of Greenfield overlooking the Jones and Laughlin Steel Mill. They had thirteen children, whose descendants still populate the area. John died in 1915. | |
 Captain Henry Wirz |
Captain Henry Wirz, the commanding officer of Fort Sumter (Andersonville) was the only Confederate military officer tried, convicted and hanged after the war. His execution was carried out on November 10, 1865. Ironically, General John Winder, who had more responsibility for conditions within the prison than Wirz, died before the war ended. Many believe Wirz was simply the target of Union hatred looking for a scapegoat.
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