Robert A. Toombs.
(No uniformed photograph is known to exist). A prominent Georgia attorney and politician. Served as U.S. representative and U.S. senator before the war. Failing to become the first president of the Confederacy, Toombs settled for its first Secretary of State. However, Toombs resigned from office...
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(No uniformed photograph is known to exist). A prominent Georgia attorney and politician. Served as U.S. representative and U.S. senator before the war. Failing to become the first president of the Confederacy, Toombs settled for its first Secretary of State. However, Toombs resigned from office in July 1861 and was commissioned as brigadier general. Major campaigns and battles include the Peninsular campaign and Antietam. Dissatisfied with the handling of the war, Toombs resigned his commission in March 1863 and returned to Georgia where he spent the remainder of the war. After the war, Toombs briefly lived abroad before returning to Georgia to reestablish his law practice in 1867. He died in Washington, Georgia, in 1885. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 6. National Historical Society, 1991. |
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Q0000000410Q410Robert A. Toombs.(No uniformed photograph is known to exist). A prominent Georgia attorney and politician. Served as U.S. representative and U.S. senator before the war. Failing to become the first president of the Confederacy, Toombs settled for its first Secretary of State. However, Toombs resigned from office in July 1861 and was commissioned as brigadier general. Major campaigns and battles include the Peninsular campaign and Antietam. Dissatisfied with the handling of the war, Toombs resigned his commission in March 1863 and returned to Georgia where he spent the remainder of the war. After the war, Toombs briefly lived abroad before returning to Georgia to reestablish his law practice in 1867. He died in Washington, Georgia, in 1885. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 6. National Historical Society, 1991.1860-1869Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885Still imagePhotographs; Cartes-de-visite; Studio portraitsShorter Mansion photograph albumAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00464http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6534 |
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