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Thomas Carmichael Hindman (Phillips County, Arkansas, lawyer, politician, and major general (C.S.A.) )

b. 1828-01-28 d. 1868-09-27

Phillips County, Arkansas, lawyer, politician, and major general (C.S.A.). Knoxville, Tennessee, native. Son of Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Sr., and Sarah Hindman. Married to Mary Hindman. Father of Susan Hindman, Sally Hindman, Biscoe Hindman, and Thomas Hindman. Resident in Calhoun County, Alabama, in 1832. Resident in Tippah County, Mississippi, in 1841. Graduate of Lawrenceville Classical Institute in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, in 1846. Lawyer in Tippah County, Mississippi, from 1851 to 1853. Resident in Phillips County, Arkansas, in 1853. Member of the Arkansas State House of Representatives in Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1854 to 1856. Member of the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861. Lawyer in Phillips County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Phillips County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a colonel from June 21, 1861, to September 28, 1861. Served in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States as a brigadier general and a major general from September 28, 1861 to April 18, 1862.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Arkansas, Phillips County, Helena, p. 396.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Arkansas, Phillips County, Helena, p. 150B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Arkansas, Phillips County, St. Francis, p. 143A.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0128.

"Hindman, Thomas Carmichael," Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress, accessed January 20, 2022, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000628.

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Hindman, Thomas Carmichael. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208187 (November 12, 2026).

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