Thomas c hindman biography

          Hindman was born on January 28, in Knoxville, Tennessee to a prominent Southern planter.

        1. Hindman was born on January 28, in Knoxville, Tennessee to a prominent Southern planter.
        2. Thomas Carmichael Hindman was a prominent attorney and Democratic politician prior to the Civil War.
        3. (January 28, – September 28, ) was an.
        4. Thomas C. Hindman, born January 28, , in Knoxville, Tennessee, was Thomas Hindman, Sr. and Sallie Holt Hindman's first born son.
        5. Thomas Carmichael Hindman Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, he later moved to Mississippi and became involved in politics.

          6. (January 28, – September 28, ) was an.!

          Thomas C. Hindman

          Confederate States Army general (1828–1868)

          Thomas Carmichael Hindman Jr. (January 28, 1828 – September 28, 1868) was an American lawyer, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

          Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, he later moved to Mississippi and became involved in politics. He served in the Mexican–American War from 1846 to 1848. Hindman practiced law and in 1853 was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives.

          After his term expired in 1854, he moved to Helena, Arkansas where there were more opportunities for his political ambitions. Hindman opposed the Know-Nothing party and Arkansas's ruling Conway-Johnson dynasty.

          Thomas Hindman was one of the few successful Southern generals who had no military experience before the war.

          He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1858, and supported slavery (and was a slaveholder himself) and secession. He was assassinated during the Reconstruction era.

          Once the American Civil War began in 1861 and Arkansas seceded, Hindman joined th