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Thomas Henry Hines
1838–1898
Best known for a vivid firsthand account of the Civil War, this Kentucky-born writer lived a life dramatic enough to rival his own pages. His memoir-style work draws on real experience, making it especially compelling for listeners interested in espionage, escape, and wartime adventure.
1 Audiobook
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
by Basil Wilson Duke, Thomas Henry Hines, Frank E. Moran, William Pittenger, A. E. (Adolphus Edwards) Richards, W. H. (William Henry) Shelton, Orlando B. Willcox, John Taylor Wood
About the author
Born in Butler County, Kentucky, in 1838, Thomas Henry Hines is remembered both as a writer and as a Confederate cavalryman involved in intelligence and raiding operations during the American Civil War. Before the war, he worked as a teacher, and after it he became known in print through accounts connected to his wartime experiences.
Hines is most closely associated with Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War, a work that has remained available through Project Gutenberg and other public-domain collections. Readers often come to his writing for its direct, personal feel: it carries the energy of someone describing events he knew firsthand rather than at a distance.
He died in 1898. For modern audiences, his work offers not just action and suspense, but also a window into how participants in the war chose to remember and narrate it afterward.