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The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Sun Feb 03, 2019 6:47 pm
Well, Jack Hinson had had enough; and when they unjustly killed his sons, he got mad as hell, and declared war on the federal troops.

I suspect that had it been Confederate troops who executed his sons, Jack Hinson would have waged his one man war against the Confederate army instead.

Finished reading the book. At times tedious and repetitive it is a decent read. Since Mr. Hinson’s story lacks many collaborative accounts and the usual family history passed down, the author filled much of the narrative with descriptions familiar to a Marine like himself. This doesn’t distract from the story as it would had a non-rifleman written the story with obvious lack of shooting knowledge and experience.
I enjoyed reading the story of Mr. Hinson’s “war” and recommend it to anyone interested in that war/period.

And now my takeaway thoughts from the book, unrelated to the story.

I have always understood that the War Between The States was brutal with much death and destruction. I had never dug much into the depth of the evil perpetrated by the political leaders as well as the officers and enlisted men of both sides, nor of the non-military criminals who preyed upon the weakened and often unprotected citizens both south and north. That fellow countrymen were so easily persuaded by the political leaders and media of the day to go forth and slaughter one another is a warning to us all. There is nothing civil about war, never has been, never will be.

Those who strive to achieve their agenda of forced control over free people and are willing to engage in a second shooting war between Americans on this continent to gain control fail to understand the numbers of evil people (both left and right) and the levels of depravity that is unleashed by war. Or, perhaps they do and care not as long as they believe that their agenda will prevail.

I suspect 150 or so years after a second American “civil war” historians will compare the wars on American soil and determine that despite humankind’s “advances” the willingness of some to slip back into being brutal barbarians is always lurking beneath the surface.

Ameer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:48 pm

mrvmax wrote: ↑Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:42 pm I read that a couple years ago, it was an interesting story. He was a good marksman with that custom rifle.

The topic is from 2010 and bumped by a one-post-wonder with a spam link. At least they picked an interesting topic.

interesting enough that I bought the book on Kindle