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Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association Volume 1 book

Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association Volume 1 book

Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association Volume 1 by Arkansas Historical Association

Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association Volume 1
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Author: Arkansas Historical Association
Page Count: 194 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781230129822
Download Link: Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association Volume 1
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...in which he took great pride. After his death it was put on the market and the books were widely scattered, some going to the libraries of Hendrix and Ouachita colleges, but the larger part and especially his rare books and those containing autographs of celebrities went to New York. THOMAS C. HINDMAN. (1828-1868.) General Hindman was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, but later moved to Mississippi. He was a lieutenant in the Mexican War. He chose law as his profession and in 1854 located at Helena. He soon entered politics, was a bold party leader and a popular orator. His rise was rapid, being elected to Congress in 1858 and again in 1860. At the opening of the war he went out as a colonel of the second Arkansas infantry and rose to the rank of major general. He distinguished himself at Corinth, Prairie Grove and for a time was in command of all the forces in the Trans-Mississippi Division in Arkansas. In 1868 he was assassinated while engaged in a hot political campaign. General Hindman wrote some and spoke much on political and party questions, but little has been preserved. His speeches in Congress are in the Globe, while the newspapers of his day contain liberal extract from his campaign speeches. Fortunately some of the papers of General Hindman have been preserved, as may be seen from the following letter to the secretary from General Marcus Wright of Washington, D. C.: "Replying to your letter of the 24th ult. (Feb., 1906), sometime in 1863, as agent of the war department for the collection of Confederate records, I received from Captain Biscoe Hindman the official papers of his father, 1861-1864, containing reports, returns, and correspondence which are now on file in the office of the military secretary. Such of them as we deemed...

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