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
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
Major-General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was a senior officer in the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Thomas C. Hindman
…Whig insulted Hindman by referring to him as "my sweet scented individual". The two agreed to duel with bowie knives, but the situation was defused by Patrick Cleburne and Gideon Pillow. During the 1854 political cycle, Hindman served as an orator focussing on railroad topics that would benefit Helena, although he did…
Cleburne's statue at Ringgold Gap, Georgia by sculptor Ron Tunison
Memorial to Cleburne in Franklin
St. John's Episcopal Church