Most effective individuals of the war

[Josy_Wales]

Some time ago I read about a farmer named Jack Hinson (57 during at the start of the war) who lived in Stewart County Tennessee, who became a Confederate partisan sniper against Union forces (Grants army) in regions of Tennessee and Kentucky during the American Civil War.
At the beginning he was neutral and agains the war, but took his custom made 50 caliber 41-inch barrel Kentucky Long Rifle and went to wage his own war against the Union when two of his sons were executed as suspected bushwhackers by Federal troops (their heads were cut off and stuck on the gate-posts to Hinson's home). As a one man army he targeted federals on land, transports, and gunboats and served as a guide for Nathan Bedford Forrest in his assault on the Union supply center at Johnsonville in 1864.
After years of harassing the union forces and being pursued by four Union regiments, he ended up surviving the war with an impressive kill count of over 100 federal seamen and infantry.

Here is one of the books about this great man: http://www.amazon.com/Jack-Hinsons-One-Man-Civil-Sniper/dp/1589806409

If you got any stories of other effective individuals during the war, please share them :D

[SemajRednaxela]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Mosby#

Too much to say really about this man, so there's the link.

[JaegerCoyote]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Knight <-- this guy and band of deserters pretty much took over a Mississippi county.

[SemajRednaxela]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Knight <-- this guy and band of deserters pretty much took over a Mississippi county.

Great read Jaeger, looking forward to the next one on this thread.

[thomas aagaard]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Knight <-- this guy and band of deserters pretty much took over a Mississippi county.
Movie on the way about him...

[BloodBeag]

You're forgetting the man with no name. he blew up a bridge to stop the two sides fighting

[A. P. Hill]

You're forgetting the man with no name. he blew up a bridge to stop the two sides fighting

That sounds like a Clint Eastwood movie.

[Legion]

Movie on the way about him...

Free state of Jones. I was an extra in that, it was a very cool experience and Mathew was pretty cool too

[BloodBeag]

That sounds like a Clint Eastwood movie.

He was so successful that they made a film about him

[A. P. Hill]

He was so successful that they made a film about him

Clint Eastwood did the same thing in "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!" (I'm pretty sure.)

[MadWolf]

John Darling Terry:
http://www.army.mil/article/100410

The Good The Bad and The Ugly bridge scene :p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q951qv7EbKs

[BloodBeag]

I was joking because it obviously is just the good, the bad and the ugly. BUT, is a great scene whether true or not

[MadWolf]

I was joking because it obviously is just the good, the bad and the ugly. BUT, is a great scene whether true or not

Yes it is ! Thanks to you i am watching the movie at the moment ;)

[BloodBeag]

I think the first of the trilogy is the best and then the good, the bad and the ugly and then the second. They are some of the greatest films ever made I think.

[PGT Beauregard]

Some time ago I read about a farmer named Jack Hinson (57 during at the start of the war) who lived in Stewart County Tennessee, who became a Confederate partisan sniper against Union forces (Grants army) in regions of Tennessee and Kentucky during the American Civil War.
At the beginning he was neutral and agains the war, but took his custom made 50 caliber 41-inch barrel Kentucky Long Rifle and went to wage his own war against the Union when two of his sons were executed as suspected bushwhackers by Federal troops (their heads were cut off and stuck on the gate-posts to Hinson's home). As a one man army he targeted federals on land, transports, and gunboats and served as a guide for Nathan Bedford Forrest in his assault on the Union supply center at Johnsonville in 1864.
After years of harassing the union forces and being pursued by four Union regiments, he ended up surviving the war with an impressive kill count of over 100 federal seamen and infantry.

Here is one of the books about this great man: http://www.amazon.com/Jack-Hinsons-One-Man-Civil-Sniper/dp/1589806409

If you got any stories of other effective individuals during the war, please share them :D

I have this book and highly recommend it. Amazing that Mr. Hinson actually wanted nothing to do with the war until his sons were decapitated by Union troops who then mounted them on his fence posts. So much for the noble northerners.

[Brooklyn]

John L. Burns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Burns

[crazychester1247]

I have this book and highly recommend it. Amazing that Mr. Hinson actually wanted nothing to do with the war until his sons were decapitated by Union troops who then mounted them on his fence posts. So much for the noble northerners.

Yep. Let it be said that no war is noble. Incidents like so happened all the time, across basically all wars ever fought, on both sides.