Charles Inman (1810 – April 9, 1899) was an American politician, soldier and farmer, who served two terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, from 1865 to 1869. A Radical Republican, he typically supported the initiatives of Tennessee's postwar governor, William G. Brownlow. He voted in favor of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, and supported legislation punishing former Confederates. Inman remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War. He was a delegate to the East Tennessee Convention in 1861, and later served as a major in the Union Army. He was captured and jailed by Confederate authorities in November 1864. Early life and Civil War Inman was born in Cocke County, Tennessee, the son of John and Anna (Chilton) Inman. He likely attended field schools as a child. By 1850, he had moved with his family to the Fair Garden area of rural northeastern Sevier County, where he established a farm. According to family tradition, he fought in the Mexican–American War, but his name is not included in the list of Mexican–American War veterans in the Tennessee Archives. In 1856, he was among the commissioners appointed by the Tennessee General Assembly to oversee the construction of the Knoxville, Sevierville and Paint Rock Railroad. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Inman, like most Sevier Countians, remained loyal to the Union. He was a member of the Sevier County delegation at the Greeneville session of the East Tennessee Convention in June 1861. This convention, which met a few days after Tennessee voted to secede and join the Confederacy, petitioned the state government to allow the counties of East Tennessee to form a separate state that would remain part of the Union. After Confederate forces occupied East Tennessee, Inman fled to Kentucky. He joined the 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in December 1862 with the rank of major. This unit, which consisted primarily of Union loyalists from Knox, Blount, and Sevier counties, was commanded by Colonel Daniel M. Ray, who had been one of Inman's fellow Sevier County delegates at the East Tennessee Union Convention. Inman marched with this unit to join forces commanded by General William Rosecrans in Middle Tennessee. After the Battle of Stones River, Inman fell ill, and was discharged on March 10, 1863. In the weeks following his discharge, Inman was appointed Provost Marshal in East Tennessee by General Ambrose Burnside. He was captured near Morristown,