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Thomas Lanier Clingman

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Born: July 27, 1812

Birth Place: Huntsville, North Carolina

Father: Jacob Clingman 1786 – 1817

Mother: Jane Frances Poindexter 1789 – 1873

Children:

Rev. Thomas Jefferson Eatman 1855 – 1938​
(Buried: Swiss Cemetery, Bald Creek, North Carolina)​

Education:
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1832: Graduated from University of North Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Huntsville, North Carolina​
1835: Member of North Carolina House of Commons​
1836 – 1839: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina​
1840: North Carolina State Senator​
1841 – 1843: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina​
1843 – 1845: United States Representative from North Carolina​
1845 – 1847: Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina
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1847 – 1858: United States Representative from North Carolina​
1858 – 1861: United States Senator from North Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia​
1864: Participated in the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina​
1864: Participated in the Second Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia​
1864: Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Weldon Railroad
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1865: Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina​

Occupation after War:

Explorer in Western North Carolina and Tennessee​
Attorney in Asheville, North Carolina​

Died: November 3, 1897

Place of Death: Morganton, North Carolina

Cause of Death: Weakening Mind

Age at time of Death: 85 years old

Burial Place: Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, North Carolina

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His career after the war consisted of surveying. The highest peak east of the Mississippi is called Clingman's Dome, could this possibly be the "Clingman" in how it got it's name.
yes, from Wikipedia:

The mountain was dubbed "Smoky Dome" by American settlers moving in from other areas. In 1859, the mountain was renamed by Arnold Guyot for compatriot Thomas Lanier Clingman[7] (1812–1897), an American Civil War confederate general who explored the area extensively in the 1850s and then spent many years promoting it. Guyot named the mountain for Clingman because of an argument between Clingman and a professor at the University of North Carolina, Elisha Mitchell, over which mountain was actually the highest in the region. Mitchell contended that a peak by the name of Black Dome (now known as Mount Mitchell) was the highest, while Clingman asserted that Smoky Dome was the true highest peak. Guyot determined that Black Dome was 39 feet (12 m) higher than Smoky Dome.
 
His career after the war consisted of surveying. The highest peak east of the Mississippi is called Clingman's Dome, could this possibly be the "Clingman" in how it got it's name.
The highest point east of the Mississippi River is Mount Mitchell. Several counties west is Clingman's Dome. It is named for Thomas L. Clingman.
 
A duel with William Yancey is mentioned in the Gazette Article, other than it resulting in Yancey's resignation what were the details of the duel?
It all had to do with the “code of honor” rules during that period. Clingman felt Yancey had attacked his character during a fierce debate over the annexation of Texas, thus a duel was scheduled.
Here is a family public genealogy site with the specifics and outcome of the duel:
and a snippet from it:


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I last visited that mount in 1993 and they stated it was the tallest peak. Even in September it was cold up there.
Not but about 40 feet difference in height. At one time it was debatable. Not in 1993.

I grew up in Clingman NC. If not named for him, I don’t know who. Clingman is in eastern Wilkes County a hairs breath from Yadkin County where Thomas was born.

He is a interesting character. He thought the far western NC counties would be better off alined with the eastern slaveholding counties of the state. Advocated extending the RR, which stopped at Morganton so as to connect economically with the Piedmont and East. Western NC was the mirror opposite of East TN. However East TN ruptured with the rest of the state politically. Far more East Tennesseans reject the Confederacy.
 
His 25th North Carolina was originally the 15th North Carolina Infantrynp Regiment. When Clingman was promoted to brigadier command of the unit fell to their major Henry M. Rutledge. The Lt. Colonel of the unit had earlier resigned over accusations of "drinking too freely."
 
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