Thomas C. Hindman
American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War (1828-1868) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 40
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. He served in the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848.
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Hindman family home in Tippah County, Mississippi, from the WPA's Pictorial History: Mississippi in Architecture (1937)
Official portrait, c. 1854
A portrait of Hindman, taken from Loreta Janeta Velazquez's The Woman in Battle: A Narrative of the Exploits, Adventures, and Travels of Madame Loreta Janeta Velazquez, Otherwise Known as Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Confederate States Army
Confederate attacks in the opening stages of the Battle of Shiloh
Portrait of Hindman by Aurelius O. Revenaugh, 1906
Confederate breakthrough on September 20
Confederate attacks against Thomas, September 20About this person
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. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1858, and supported slavery and secession. He was assassinated during the Reconstruction era.
