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Jack Hinson - J. Beckert - 07-06-2016 01:10 PM
This is an interesting story of a man I've never heard of and a great example that the war wasn't about slavery for most folks.
It's also a great example that the first hand hostilities and atrocities visited upon the Southern populace many times forced a gun into otherwise unwilling hands. Hinson freed his slaves on his own accord and had such a report with them, they raised his children while he took care of business.
http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-sniper-who-slayed-more-than-100-union-soldiers/64502?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=US
RE: Jack Hinson - Gene C - 07-06-2016 01:14 PM
I read that book a couple of years ago. It was good.
https://www.amazon.com/Jack-Hinsons-One-Man-Civil-Sniper/dp/1589806409/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467828824&sr=1-1&keywords=jack+hensons+one+man+war
RE: Jack Hinson - Rick Smith - 07-06-2016 01:28 PM
I recently heard of Jack Hinson.
He was a true Southern hero.
RE: Jack Hinson - L Verge - 07-06-2016 02:26 PM
Was he, by any chance, the inspiration for the ca. 1960s movie Shenandoah?
RE: Jack Hinson - J. Beckert - 07-06-2016 10:01 PM
I don't know, Laurie. I've never heard of him before today, but what I found most interesting was that a man who originally had a stance of neutrality and freed his own slaves, was turned into a veritable one man Confederate army by a single, vicious atrocity.
To me, it's a great example that the Union Army didn't march into the South whistling the Battle Hymn just to free the slaves and shows conduct issues may have inflamed local passions.
There's always going to be misconduct issues with any force of authority, but this one was way over the line.
RE: Jack Hinson - L Verge - 07-07-2016 10:46 AM
"...what I found most interesting was that a man who originally had a stance of neutrality and freed his own slaves, was turned into a veritable one man Confederate army by a single, vicious atrocity."
Albeit on a much smaller scale, but the same might be said as to why people in our border states turned to the Confederate cause. This was probably most evident in Missouri and Maryland.