T. L. Clingman Papers, . 1862-1865

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T. L. Clingman Papers, . 1862-1865

T. L. (Thomas Lanier) Clingman was a businessman, mountain explorer, Confederate officer, and legislator for North Carolina and the United States. The collection includes papers pertaining to Clingman's Confederate military career, consisting entirely of military correspondence, orders, reports, and related items while Clingman was colonel and brigadier general serving in the eastern North Carolina and South Carolina defenses and in Virginia.

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Clingman, T. L. (Thomas Lanier), 1812-1897

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T. L. (Thomas Lanier) Clingman (1812-1897) was a businessman; mountain explorer; legislator for North Carolina and the United States; and Confederate colonel and brigadier general, serving in the eastern North Carolina and South Carolina defenses and in Virginia. Clingman was born in Huntsville, Surry (now Yadkin) County, N.C. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1832 after which he read law. In 1835 he was elected from Surry County to the lower house of the North C...