Claim: Kinsolving, an episcopal priest in America , writer and poet born in Halifax, Virginia, had worked in Middleburg, Virginia during the American Civil War and had been imprisoned for his Confederate oratory.
Evidence: Kinsolving was born in Halifax, Virginia, the son of the Rev. Ovid Americus Kinsolving (1822-1894)(who had worked in Middleburg, Virginia during the American Civil War and been imprisoned for his Confederate oratory) and his third wife.