Thomas C. Hindman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas C. Hindman

Confederate States Army general

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1828

Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1868

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Thomas C. Hindman

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  • Hindman (born Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr.; January 28, 1828 – September 27, 1868) was a lawyer, United States House of Representative from the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas, and Major-General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.Shortly after he was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Hindman moved with his family to Jacksonville, Alabama, and later Ripley, Mississippi.
  • After receiving his primary education in Ripley, he attended the Lawrenceville Classical Institute (now known as the Lawrenceville School) and graduated with honors.
  • Afterwards, he raised a company in Tippah County for the 2nd Mississippi regiment in the Mexican–American War.
  • Hindman served during the war as a lieutenant and later as a captain of his company.
  • After the war, he returned to Ripley.
  • He studied law, and was admitted to the state bar in 1851.
  • He started a law practice in Ripley, and served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1854 to 1856. Hindman moved his law practice to Helena, Arkansas, after his term in the Mississippi House ended.
  • He was elected as the Democratic Representative from Arkansas's 1st congressional district in the Thirty-sixth Congress from March 4, 1859, to March 4, 1861.
  • He was re-elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress, but declined to serve after the onset of the Civil War and Arkansas' secession from the Union.
  • Instead, Hindman joined the armed forces of the Confederacy.
  • He was promoted to brigadier general on September 28, 1861, and to major general on April 18, 1862.
  • He commanded the Trans-Mississippi Department, and later raised and commanded "Hindman's Legion" for the Confederate States Army.
  • After the war, Hindman avoided surrender to the federal government by fleeing to Mexico City.
  • He worked in Mexico as a coffee planter and attempted to practice law.
  • After the execution of Maximilian I of Mexico in 1867, Hindman submitted a petition for a pardon to United States President Andrew Johnson, but it was denied.
  • Hindman, nonetheless, returned to his former life in Helena.
  • He became the leader of the "Young Democracy", a new political organization that was willing to accept the Reconstruction for the restoration of the Union.
  • He was assassinated on September 27, 1868, at his Helena home.

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