This story is from the Athens daily Review, Wednesday, April 17, 1972.
"Two brothers, both Confederate Army veterans, lived briefly in Henderson County in he early 1900's.
One of these brothers, sharshooter James Polk Knight, was one of only nune men from Hood's Texas Brigade who was awarded the Gold Star, the Confederate equivalent to the Congressional Medal of Honor.
A family histroy has been compiled by Marion E. Perkins Jr., of Athens, great grandson of William Henry, another of the Knight brothers, who said that James Polk Knight lived in Athens in 1908, and to his knowledge, is the only Gold Star recipient ever to live here.
A second brother, Moses Thomas Knight, who also fought with Hood's Brigade, lived in Chandler in 1925.
James Polk Knight was credited as being the sharpshooter who killed Union General John Sedgwick on May 9, 1864, at Spotsylvania Courthouse. Perkins said he shot the General between the eyes at 700 yards with his Whitworth rifle. The general reportedly was dead before he struck, the ground.
On Jan. 21, 1865, General Robert E. Lee sent nine Gold Stars to Col. Frederick S. Bass, then commanding officer of Hood's Brigade. Col. Bass decided to let the soilders themselves select the recipients of the Gold Stars. The soldiers voted Knight as one of the recipients.
James Knight joined the 35th Reg. Texas Cavalry at Tyler on April 7, 1863. He fought with the 1st Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood's Brigade at the battles of Chickamauga, and the Wilderness. Perkin's research shows that Knight killed nearly 200 Union soldiers during the two battles. He was known to have been in the vicinity of Appomattox Courthouse, Va., on Apr. 9, 1965, but he did not surrender.
Perkins said Knight skirted the Courthouse after dark in company with one of his brothers, William R.C. Knight. The two soldiers turned toward North carolina where they hoped to continue the war.
James Polk KNight held several county offices in rains' County followiwng the war.
Perkins said the Moses Knight joined the Confederate Army at Kickapoo, near Frankston, on Apr. 4, 1862, and was enlisted in the 1st Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood's Brigade.
He fought in batttles of Gaines Mill, Second Manasas and Antietam.
He was wounded in the fight for Miller's Cornfield at the Battle of Antletam. He was discharged from the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia on Nov. 27, 1862, becuase of wounds received at Antletam. He returned to Texas and joined the Confederate Army in the 37th Texas cavalry Regiment on March 17, 1863, and served until he was honorably discharged at the close of the war in May, 1865.
Perkins has spent an entire year researching the role of the Knight brothers in the Civil War. He is one of the founders of the Athens chapter of the Sons of the Confederacy, which is completing requirements for chartering. He is also a member of Hood's Texas Brigade Association."

I was finally able to copy the newspaper article which started this discussion. It's not the original but copied by had from the original by an individual.
Neither of these 2 Knight brothers are listed in the roster of the 1st Texas. I agree with the previous posts that Josephus Knight is the Gold Star recipient and that he has uncles confused.