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
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
New Virginia Colony
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The New Virginia Colony was a colonization plan to resettle ex-Confederates in central Mexico after the American Civil War. The largest settlement was Carlota, named for Emperor Maximilian's wife Char
Thomas C. Hindman
…Mexico. Hindman's fifth child was born in Mexico City in December, and Hindman published two works on military theory. The family later moved to the Carlota, where many ex-Confederates settled. In Carlota, agriculture did not do as well as hoped, and Hindman was unable to establish a successful legal practice…
Richard Launcelot Maury, a Confederate Colonel who relocated to Mexico after the American Civil War; he was the son of Matthew Fontaine Maury who developed the idea for the New Virginia Colony.