HF Jack Hinson Novel

[DanSBHawk]

Captain John "Jack" Hinson.

Clipping found in The Daily Huntsville Confederate published in Huntsville, Alabama on 9/9/1863. Captain John "Jack" Hinson.

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A newspaper clipping from the Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Alabama, dated Sept.9, 1863 mentions "Captain John Hinson" serving alongside "Hanson's Regiment" as a sharpshooter. This was probably Colonel Roger W. Hanson's 2nd Kentucky Infantry. It also states Hinson commanded 140 scouts. "Hinson's Tennessee Scouts" is part of the epitaph on his grave marker https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/271918601/john-hinson According to the book, Hinson was known as "Captain" long before the war.

Roger Hanson - Wikipedia

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So, the story changes yet again.

Now, the claim from a southern newspaper is, "the yankees robbed him during the great battle at that place. They turned his sick wife and children out of doors, and appropriated the house and all its comforts to hospital uses, and took everything he had, without paying one cent even in greenbacks."

So now, no innocent sons murdered while deer hunting. No beheadings. Which of the several versions of this story is true?

 

[19thGeorgia]

So, the story changes yet again.

Now, the claim from a southern newspaper is, "the yankees robbed him during the great battle at that place. They turned his sick wife and children out of doors, and appropriated the house and all its comforts to hospital uses, and took everything he had, without paying one cent even in greenbacks."

So now, no innocent sons murdered while deer hunting. No beheadings. Which of the several versions of this story is true?

The "Daily Huntsville [Alabama] Confederate" - one of those newspapers on the run because of the incursions of the enemy.
At the time was published at Marietta (near Atlanta), GA, over 300 miles away from Stewart County, TN, is probably not going to know everything about Hinson. You have to sift through all the information to find out what is consistent and what is not.

 

[19thGeorgia]

Captain John "Jack" Hinson.

Clipping found in The Daily Huntsville Confederate published in Huntsville, Alabama on 9/9/1863. Captain John "Jack" Hinson.

www.newspapers.com

A newspaper clipping from the Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Alabama, dated Sept.9, 1863 mentions "Captain John Hinson" serving alongside "Hanson's Regiment" as a sharpshooter. This was probably Colonel Roger W. Hanson's 2nd Kentucky Infantry. It also states Hinson commanded 140 scouts. "Hinson's Tennessee Scouts" is part of the epitaph on his grave marker https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/271918601/john-hinson According to the book, Hinson was known as "Captain" long before the war.

Roger Hanson - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Great find.

 

[19thGeorgia]

From the Louisville Daily Journal, August 27, 1863:

 

[19thGeorgia]

From the Louisville Daily Journal, July 14, 1863:

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

From the Louisville Daily Journal, August 27, 1863:
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Thomas J. Randolph was Enlisted on 1/23/1862 into Co.B 28th Ky Infantry as a 2nd Lieut. 1st Lieut 4/3/1862. Capt 11/24/1862. He was Mustered Out on 1/31/1865 at Huntsville, AL.

 

[19thGeorgia]

The Union controlled Clarksville Bulletin sure didn't like Hinson.
From the Louisville Daily Journal, August 4, 1863:

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

From the Louisville Daily Journal, July 14, 1863:
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Capt. Hiram Hunter 28th Ky. Field & Staff. He resigned in 1864 to become a Chaplin in the Regular Army.

 

[19thGeorgia]

Looks like the exploits of the "notorious" Jack Hinson were fairly well known.
From the Daily Missouri Democrat [St. Louis, MO], May 27, 1865:

 

[19thGeorgia]

It was a different world back then. You didn't mess with Jack Hinson.

"Eye for eye.
Toof for toof.
Burnin' for burnin'.
Wound for wound.
Stripe for stripe.
Who sheddeth man's blood,
by man shall his blood be shed.
You ain't seen the last of me!"
-"Preacher Quint" (Donald Pleasence) in Will Penny

 

[19thGeorgia]

The union didn't even notice Hinson except to investigate him for killing his neighbor. He was a nobody.

 

[Belfoured]

I have. Several times. Very steep slopes.

I haven't. Ever. Steeper slopes. Your turn.

 

[19thGeorgia]

I haven't. Ever. Steeper slopes. Your turn.

Good for you.

 

[DanSBHawk]

So the story changes yet again. Now Hinson is not a sole avenging sniper but the leader of a "band of robbers."

"Guerrilla squads are prowling all through the country plundering everybody of whatever they desire. The squads can be met on almost every road." So Hinson is preying on civilians, not union soldiers.

The above account, of Hinson's band wounding a telegraph repairer and then robbing and taunting him, hardly seems like a solo vengeance campaign. But it is indeed evidence of Hinson and his men mortally wounding a telegraph repairer in union service.

It would be nice to see evidence of any other casualties suffered by Hinson and his "band of robbers." It appears that Hinson was nothing but a common criminal preying on civilians.

 

[Belfoured]

Good for you.

Actually, good for you.

 

[DanSBHawk]

It was a different world back then. You didn't mess with Jack Hinson.


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Sort of resembles Hinson. But lacks the lace scrunchie around the neck, and the dainty curls in front of the ears.

 

[TallTallMan]

It was a different world back then. You didn't mess with Jack Hinson.

"Eye for eye.
Toof for toof.
Burnin' for burnin'.
Wound for wound.
Stripe for stripe.
Who sheddeth man's blood,
by man shall his blood be shed.
You ain't seen the last of me!"
-"Preacher Quint" (Donald Pleasence) in Will Penny

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And he was after Major Dundee!

 

[uaskme]

So the story changes yet again. Now Hinson is not a sole avenging sniper but the leader of a "band of robbers."

"Guerrilla squads are prowling all through the country plundering everybody of whatever they desire. The squads can be met on almost every road." So Hinson is preying on civilians, not union soldiers.

View attachment 538865
The above account, of Hinson's band wounding a telegraph repairer and then robbing and taunting him, hardly seems like a solo vengeance campaign. But it is indeed evidence of Hinson and his men mortally wounding a telegraph repairer in union service.

It would be nice to see evidence of any other casualties suffered by Hinson and his "band of robbers." It appears that Hinson was nothing but a common criminal preying on civilians.

How Yankee of him!

 

[19thGeorgia]

Looks like the exploits of the "notorious" Jack Hinson were fairly well known.
From the Daily Missouri Democrat [St. Louis, MO], May 27, 1865:

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I couldn't find a parole for Hinson or anything post-war among Union records.

Must of been a friend of Andy Johnson.

 

[Belfoured]

How Yankee of him!

Thanks. That's the nicest thing you've said about him.