Posted on 01/04/2019 1:38:59 AM PST by vannrox
agree...you lost many years ago...suck it up and get over it.
“The thing you speak of wasn’t part of a Hague protocol until many decades later.”
And your point is?
I think it was General Pershing who said, “The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.”
The South will never “let it go.”
It is said that the movie “The Patriot” is based on the life of Dan Morgan, but it seems to me there is some part of Jack Hinson’s life mixed into the story.
“....The most dangerous weapon on Earth is a motivated and skilled man with a rifle....”
Exactly. The Japs knew it during WWII regarding an attempt at U.S. invasion. With over 65 million gun owners, many of em vets, leos, etc., when it all goes “hot” on the libs, it’s gonna be something to behold.
No, no, not Daniel Morgan.
It is based on the life of partisan FRANCIS MARION, “the Swamp Fox”. If you don’t know, look up the Disney serial.
Probably some other partisans thrown in there, like Pickens and Sumter (yes, that’s what it’s named for).
Daniel Morgan was the actual leader at the Cowpens (vaguely tapped for the final battle where Tavington/Tarleton gets his) who actually planned the militia fronting with 2/3 shots then retreat. It was not a partisan suggestion/plan as implied by “Patriot”.
A few years ago, me and some buddies went to the NASCAR race at Bristol, TN. We parked his pop-up camper in a farm field across from the track. There was a good old boy next to us and we struck up a conversation. I asked where he was from and he said “Tennessee” with a strong level of pride.
I said “Well, we’re from Michigan and as long as you remember that we won that little dust up a few years ago, we’ll get along just fine as neighbors.”
It took him a few seconds to realize that I was completely joking. We got along just fine that weekend.
I got the book for Christmas, looking forward to reading it.
Perhaps, but the only way you can justify the stories told here is if you can disprove them.
Pickens’ men broke and ran at Camden so Morgan knew they would do the same at Cowpens. He therefore designed his strategy to allow for this weakness, knowing it would play to Tarleton’s aggressive mentality. ( First rule of warfare: Know your enemy.}
I do not see the link with Francis Marion beyond the guerilla tactics both he and Morgan used. After Camden, Greene was finally appointed to the south to try to rebuild the southern army. He coupled Lee with Marion and set Morgan loose baiting Tarleton’s troops.
Disney is great for entertainment but I would never give them credits for historical fact. I also don’t like their leftward swing. Walt would be furious.
Yes, it is a fascinating read. The bitter irony in this story is that Jack was vehemently opposed to civil war and secession. He met and befriended Grant and helped parlay the surrender of Ft Donelson. His problems started after Grant had left the scene and occupation troops were left behind to ‘police’ the populace. The Hinson’s are still a prominent family in Stewart County, TN. Jack Hinson’s place can still be found just outside of Dover.
It’s hard to hit anything when you rely on Allah to guide your bullets.
Interesting story.
The Union Army committed many atrocities in the area of West Tennessee that resulted in the retaliatory attacks on Fort Pillow and other areas. In one Union foray, the Union cavalry captured Confederates and killed one at every mile marker from Pocahontas to Purdy, Tennessee, which was around 20 miles. One was skinned alive and one was gutshot at Rose Creek where my GGGM tended to him until he died.
Attention democrats: there are millions of “Old Jack’s” out here. FYI.
“Time for some of you to let it go.”
Problem is the federal government won’t let it go. (Not so much under Trump.)
Mel Gibson’s Patriot character also had elements of Francis Marion, Andrew Pickens & Thomas Sumter. Patriots who should be remembered but aren’t. Now the only notion that John & Suzy Q Public have of the Southern Theater of the Revolutionary War is the Gibson movie which they will conclude as fact! Their exploits & lives were far greater & more interesting then anything Gibson or any Hollywood writer could create.
History the only real drama!
Stories like this from all over the world.
Look up Simo “Simuna” Häyhä nicknamed “White Death by the Red Army.
Häyhä estimated in his diary that he killed more than five hundred Red Army soldiers in the Winter War. Antti Rantama (Häyhä’s unit military chaplain) credited Häyhä with 259 confirmed sniper kills and an equal number of kills by machine/submachine gun during the Winter War. This include over 30 Russians he got to follow him out onto a frozen lake. His explosives dropped all of them into the lake, and this was after being shot in the face!
We shouldn’t give them ideas. Happy New Year FReeper!
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