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Henry Cousins Chambers
Henry Cousins
Chambers
was a
Confederate
politician
during the
American Civil War
.
He was
born
in
Limestone County, Alabama
, the son of
Henry
H. Chambers. He later moved to
Mississippi
and served in the
state legislature
in
1859
. He represented Mississippi in the
First Confederate Congress
and the
Second Confederate Congress
from 1862 to
1865
.
He
killed
his
opponent
for
Confederate Congress
,
William Augustus Lake
, in a
duel
in
1861
.