 thomas carmichael hindman, jr. (january 28, 1828 &ndash; september 27, 1868) was a lawyer, united states representative from the 1st congressional district of arkansas, and a major general in the confederate states army during the american civil war. shortly after he was born in knoxville, tennessee, hindman moved with his family to jacksonville, alabama and later ripley, mississippi. after receiving his primary education in ripley, he attended the lawrenceville classical institute (now known as the lawrenceville school) and graduated with honors on september 25, 1843. afterwards, he raised a company in tippah county for the 2nd mississippi regiment in the mexican-american war. hindman served during the war as a lieutenant and later as a captain of his company. after the war, he returned to ripley. he studied law, and was admitted to the state bar in 1851. he then started a law practice in ripley, before moving it to helena two years later. hindman then served as a member of the mississippi house of representatives from 1854 to 1856. he was elected as the democratic representative from arkansas's 1st congressional district
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