"Jack Hinson: A Civil War Sniper Hell Bent on Revenge" Topic

"John W. "Jack" Hinson, better known as "Old Jack" to his family, was a prosperous farmer in Stewart County, Tennessee. A non-political man, he opposed secession from the Union even though he owned slaves. Friends and neighbors described him as a peaceable man, yet despite all this, he would end up going on a one-man killing spree.

Jack's plantation was called Bubbling Springs, where he lived with his wife and ten children. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, he was fiercely determined to remain neutral.

When Union Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant arrived in the area in February 1862, the Hinsons hosted the man at their home. The general was so pleased with the plantation that he even turned it into his temporary headquarters…"
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Amicalement
Armand

A true story much better than any Mel Gibson movie.

I'm glad he got the lieutenant. Some people just need killing.

Glad you enjoyed it my friends! (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Ah the old problem, how do you deal with asymmetrical warfare; the harsh reprisals or something gentler. The former generate even more people to the resistance.

McKenney wrote a great book, one which I picked up at a bookstore in Bardstown, KY on a summer trip a few years back (reading it in the evenings then added at lot of atmosphere to our touring in the area).