Gents, when we went to Hinson's cave there was five of us and we literally had to use saplings to pull ourselves up the steep pathway to the entrance. It is not "straight up" but it is not far off of that. At least for fifty feet or so.
"Battles And Sketches Of The Army Of Tennessee", published in 1905, mentions Hinson. (pages 596-597
...and has a direct quote from Major Anderson. I believe that outdoes anything of recent vintage."Battles And Sketches Of The Army Of Tennessee", published in 1905, mentions Hinson. (pages 596-597
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The article says the sons were shot, not beheaded, after being charged with bushwhacking."Battles And Sketches Of The Army Of Tennessee", published in 1905, mentions Hinson. (pages 596-597
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That's one of my favorite scenes
Is there any other surviving gun that he made? Perhaps he decorated other barrels with the little round punch marks.
You count the punch marks as decorations?
You've never climbed up a creek or river bank in the eastern US that had slope to it. Plus I doubt his shoes had Vibram lugged soles. They were slick leather of course.It's all those Sea Raven Press "books" you insist on reading from your library every night.I did find "tree to tree" a little confusing. For lots of reasons, that's probably a bit of hyperbole if he's helping himself up a slope, as seems plausible. He'd have to be built more like King Kong to use that method literally.
I honestly don't know if they are decorations or a kill record. That's why I mentioned looking at other rifles from the same smith. The only claim that the marks are a kill record comes from Hinson. No other person seems to have any first-hand knowledge of Hinson killing anyone. Except possibly killing the neighbor.
LOL
Sorry to break the news, but gunsmiths of that era sometimes decorated barrels with punch marks.
Not going to "Body Shame" him?
I see them for the end of the barrel - but not on the barrel.
You have liiterally no clue about what I have climbed. I'll wager that I've climbed up a lot more slopes than you have, lugging a 50 lb pack with climbing gear to boot. That's in the Cascades in WA; RM in MT, WY, CO, AB and BC; Whites in ME, NH; and Smokies in NC. If you don't think up slope bushwhacking is required in those places try reading up on it. Here's a tip, BTW - the various types of Vibram, Stealth, etc don't make any difference in most of that terrain. And "saplings" aren't "trees" and neither are brush, etc etc.
Then why were you so surprised about that part of the narrative. 3 To 4 inch tree could be grabbed as support. Also a much larger tree could have been grabbed as support to move forward. Put your hand on the back side for support. Lot of the undergrowth today was not as trick back then. Much of that is invasive species that arrived here latter.
Bringing the