Confederate General Thomas C. Hindman
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Confederate General Thomas C. Hindman. A standing view CDV of Hindman in civilian attire. He was responsible
for planning and supervising the unsuccessful defense of northwestern Arkansas
during the fall and winter of 1862. 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. 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 was assassinated on September 27, 1868, at his Helena home. Back marked by E. Anthony, Brady’s National
Portrait Gallery.
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