Thomas Carmichael Hindman Jr. was a lawyer, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was responsible for planning and supervising the unsuccessful defense of northwestern Arkansas during the fall and winter of 1862. His paternal lineage descended from the Carmichael clan in Scotland, some members of which made their way into America after the April 16, 1746 Battle of Culloden. His parents, Thomas Hindman and Sallie Holt Hindman, were of English and Scottish ancestry.
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Thomas Carmichael Hindman Jr. was a lawyer, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was responsible for planning and supervising the unsuccessful defense of northwestern Arkansas during the fall and winter of 1862. Hindman’s paternal lineage descended from the Carmichael clan in Scotland, some members of which made their way into America after the April 16, 1746 Battle of Culloden. His maternal ancestors included Major Robert Holt, a successful planter and a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1655. His parents, Thomas Hindman and Sallie Holt Hindman, were of English and Scottish ancestry, and his father was the first white male child born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He served in the Mexican–American War as a lieutenant and later as a captain of his company. After the war, he studied law, and was admitted to the state bar in 1851. He started a law practice in Ripley, Mississippi, and served as a member. of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1854 to 1856. He also served as the Democratic Representative from Arkansas’s 1st congressional district in the Thirty-sixth Congress from March 4, 1859, to March 4,. 1861. He 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 and was promoted to brigadier general on September 28, 1861, and to major general on April 18, 1862.
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 in 1868. He died in Helena, Arkansas, at his home on September 27, 1868, at the age of 60. He is buried in the University of Arkansas at Helena. He had a son, Thomas C. Hind man, who was born in 1819. He and his wife Sallies Holt Hind man had three children. The family moved to Jacksonville, Alabama, and later Ripley. The elder Hindman frequently made business trips to Alabama and moved the family to Post Oak Springs. The couple had a brief courtship in Rhea County, Tennessee, after settling down in 1820, and their first daughter, Mildred Mildred, was born on January 21, 1820. In 1827, the family moved back to Knoxville and Mildred followed in the year after that year. After leaving the army, HindMan, Sr. operated a military ferry on the Tennessee River and served. as a Lieutenant colonel in the 10th Territorial Militia Regiment for the Alabama Territory. He fought in the Battle of New Orleans, the final major battle of the war. He resigned on June 30, 1816, due to health concerns. He worked in Mexico as a coffee planter, and attempted to practice law. He submitted a petition for a pardon to United States President Andrew Johnson, but it was denied. He returned to his former life in Helena.
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