Arkansas secession
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The U.S. state of Arkansas seceded from the Union on May 6, 1861. The ninth state to join the Confederacy, it was admitted on May 18, 1861.
The Arsenal Grounds at Little Rock
The State House, seat of the State Convention
Thomas C. Hindman
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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 Mis
Arkansas secession
…that largely agreed on the importance of southern rights and the expansion of slavery. The "outsider" candidate Henry Rector's key campaign surrogate Thomas C. Hindman sought to "out-southern" The Family on every issue, viewing secession as imperative and a positive good, in contrast to the Family's position that…
Hindman in uniform, c. 1862
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