HF Jack Hinson Novel

[TallTallMan]

Pretty much everyone on this forum knows about the Jack Hinson book by Tom McKenney, but you probably didn't know there was a novel about the guy. It was written by indie Country singer Rick Revel. here's the dope:

It sounds like nobody bought the script to me.

This was published in 2018 and, seven years later, there has been no sequel, so it will probably never be completed as a full series.

It can only be bought on his website or Dixie Gun Works. I don't have it and I haven't read it either. Anybody read it?

 

[TallTallMan]

You know those "twenty art pieces"? Well, they're a little...eccentric:

 

[TallTallMan]

 

[TallTallMan]

Did anybody else notice this?

 

[Sheltowee]

Did anybody else notice this?

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I did. Believe it may actually say 1839

 

[uaskme]

Great story. Been discussed before. Some of it is hand me down history. However parts have been verified. To each his own. Probably more accurate than Grant's Memoirs.

 

[TallTallMan]

Great story. Been discussed before. Some of it is hand me down history. However parts have been verified. To each his own. Probably more accurate than Grant's Memoirs.

It is interesting but I think parts of it are exaggerated, particularly the gunboat one.

 

[BillO]

It is interesting but I think parts of it are exaggerated, particularly the gunboat one.

The shot is doable. Keep in mind you can sight and fire at a comfortable pace and with a boat load of targets it becomes simpler to hit someone.

 

[TallTallMan]

The shot is doable. Keep in mind you can sight and fire at a comfortable pace and with a boat load of targets it becomes simpler to hit someone.

That's not why I doubt it. I doubt it because it was never reported in the ORN and not one person ever mentioned it during and/or after the war.

 

[TallTallMan]

Probably more accurate than Grant's Memoirs.

I agree that Grant's Memoirs are self-serving but at least he didn't take Tom McKenney's route and make up incidents completely.

 

[TallTallMan]

I did. Believe it may actually say 1839

Probably.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

The Sniper Who Slayed More Than 100 Union Soldiers | Civil War Potpourri

Long distance black powder shooting was certainly possible, but required the right gun, the right sights, and the right load. Here is a fact that puts the difficulty into perspective... In the Creedmore matches in the 1870's, the target for the 1000 yard shots was 12 feet wide by 6 feet high...

civilwartalk.com

 

[TallTallMan]

The Sniper Who Slayed More Than 100 Union Soldiers | Civil War Potpourri

Long distance black powder shooting was certainly possible, but required the right gun, the right sights, and the right load. Here is a fact that puts the difficulty into perspective... In the Creedmore matches in the 1870's, the target for the 1000 yard shots was 12 feet wide by 6 feet high...

civilwartalk.com

Wow, thanks! Had no idea CV ever wrote about him!

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Wow, thanks! Had no idea CV ever wrote about him!

The Sniper Who Slayed More Than 100 Union Soldiers | Civil War Potpourri

I've found two accounts from the union perspective... Colonel William P Lyon and Captain Charles C Nott. Both men served in this area. Lyon commanding a Wisconsin regiment and Nott served in the 5th Iowa Cavalry regiment that figures so prominently in this tale. Here are the links...

civilwartalk.com

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

The Sniper Who Slayed More Than 100 Union Soldiers | Civil War Potpourri

Here is an interesting first-hand account of the war in the vicinity of Hinsons supposed exploits. https://archive.org/details/reminiscenesofci01lyon Who is this "Hinson gang" with George Hinson? Were Jack Hinson's sons actually guilty of bushwacking, and justly executed? That's a good book...

civilwartalk.com

 

[Belfoured]

I did. Believe it may actually say 1839

Could be but it looks like there's a closed loop at the top of both, which would make both "8". Hard to say ...

 

[TallTallMan]

Could be but it looks like there's a closed loop at the top of both, which would make both "8". Hard to say ...

So was Revel pulling our legs?

 

[Belfoured]

So was Revel pulling our legs?

If I can figure out what his intent was I'm checking in for counseling.

 

[TallTallMan]

The music video:

 

[DanSBHawk]

So now there's two fiction books written about Jack Hinson?

Watched the music video. The problem with the claim about the "farmer who brought the yankees to their knees" is that there is no record that the yankees gave any thought at all to Hinson. No evidence of his sons being beheaded. No evidence of the cavalry regiment losing even a single man to a sniper. No evidence of the boat thing. It's all a fairy tale.