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Jack Hinson's One-Man War (Hardcover)
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Jack Hinson's One-Man War (Hardcover)
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Jack Hinson never planned to become a deadly sniper. A prosperous
and influential Kentucky plantation owner in the 1850s, Hinson was
devoted to raising his growing family and working his land. Yet by
1865, Hinson had likely killed more than one hundred men and had
single-handedly taken down an armed Union transport in his one-man
war against Grant's army and navy. By the end of the Civil War, the
Union had committed infantry and cavalry from nine regiments and a
specially equipped amphibious task force of marines to capture
Hinson, who was by that time nearly sixty years old. They never
caught him. Since then, the story of Jack Hinson has evaded astute
historians, and until now, he has remained invisible in the history
of sniper warfare. John S. "Old Jack" Hinson watched the start of
the Civil War with impartial disinterest. A friend of Ulysses S.
Grant and Confederate officers alike, Hinson was opposed to
secession, focused instead on his personal affairs. After a unit of
Union occupation troops moved in on his land and summarily
captured, executed, and placed the decapitated heads of his sons on
his gateposts, however, Hinson abandoned his quiet life for one of
revenge. In this unprecedented and incredible biography, Lt. Col.
Tom C. McKenney masterfully recounts Hinson's extraordinary feats
as a lone Confederate sniper. Equipped with a rifle he had
specially made for long-range accuracy, Hinson became a deadly
gadfly to the occupying army. An exemplary piece of historical
scholarship and the result of fifteen years of research, this
definitive biography includes an amazing cast of characters
including the Earp Brothers, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Jesse
James, the cousin of Hinson's wife. This breathtaking story was all
but destroyed by the obliterating forces of history and is the only
account in print chronicling this one man's impact on the Civil
War.
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