Henry Cousins Chambers
Henry Cousins Chambers (born July 26, 1823 in Limestone County , Alabama , † May 1, 1871 in Bolivar County , Mississippi ) was an American plantation owner and Confederate politician ( Democratic Party ). The US Senator Henry H. Chambers (1790-1826) was his father.
Career
Henry Cousins Chambers was born in Limestone County about eight years after the end of the British-American War . Nothing is known about his youth or his private life. He graduated from Princeton College . Then at some point he moved to Mississippi. In 1859 he sat there in the House of Representatives . After the Mississippi Secession and the outbreak of the Civil War , he ran in the 4th constituency of Mississippi for the first Confederate Congress . During the election campaign it came on October 15, 1861 with his political opponent, the lawyer William A. Lake (1808-1861), in Hopefield ( Arkansas ), which is opposite Memphis ( Tennessee ) on the west bank of the Mississippi , to a duel , in which William A. Lake was killed. In November 1861, Chambers was elected to the Confederate Congress, where he took up his post on February 18, 1862. Chambers ran successfully for the Second Confederate Congress and was then active there until 1865. He died about six years after the end of the war in Bolivar County, Mississippi. His body was then transferred to Memphis, Tennessee, where he was buried in Elmwood Cemetery .
Speeches
- Policy Of Employing Negro Troops , November 10, 1864
literature
- Kelly, C. Brian: Best Little Stories from the Civil War: More than 100 true stories , Issue 2, Sourcebooks, Inc., 2010, ISBN 9781402239168 , pp. 122f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c yearns Wilfred Buck: The Confederate Congress , University of Georgia Press, 2010, ISBN 9780820334769 , p 238
- ^ Henry H. Chambers on The Encyclopedia of Alabama website
- ^ A b Henry Cousins Chambers on The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College website
- ↑ The Confederate States almanac and repository of useful knowledge: for the year 1863 , Gale Cengage Learning, ISBN 9781432804930 , p. 33
- ↑ The Confederate War Department - Second Confederate Congress ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Henry Cousins Chambers in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Henry Cousins Chambers on The Political Graveyard website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chambers, Henry Cousins |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chambers, HC |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American and Confederate politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Limestone County , Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1871 |
| Place of death | Bolivar County , Mississippi |