Robert Toombs

About this eBook

Author

Stovall, Pleasant A., 1857-1935

Title

Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26069

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26069

Release Date

July 16, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ROBERT TOOMBS — ROBERT TOOMBS
3. 3.STATESMAN, SPEAKER, SOLDIER, SAGE
4. 4.BY PLEASANT A. STOVALL — Dedication.
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.ROBERT TOOMBS.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — FAMILY, BOYHOOD, LIFE AT COLLEGE.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — AT THE BAR.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — IN THE LEGISLATURE.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — IN THE LOWER HOUSE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — THE GEORGIA PLATFORM.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — THE CAMPAIGN OF 1852.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — TOOMBS IN THE SENATE.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — THE “KNOW-NOTHING” PARTY.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — TOOMBS IN BOSTON.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — BUCHANAN’S ADMINISTRATION.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — “ON THE STUMP” IN GEORGIA.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — THE CAMPAIGN OF 1856.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — JOHN BROWN’S RAID.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — TOOMBS AS A LEGISLATOR.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — ELECTION OF LINCOLN.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — FAREWELL TO THE SENATE.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — TOOMBS AND SECESSION.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — TOOMBS AS PREMIER OF THE CONFEDERACY.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — BRIGADIER GENERAL IN ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — WITH THE GEORGIA MILITIA.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — TOOMBS AS A FUGITIVE.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. — COMMENCING LIFE ANEW.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — DAYS OF RECONSTRUCTION
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — HIS LAST PUBLIC SERVICE.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — DOMESTIC LIFE OF TOOMBS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. — HIS GREAT FAULT.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. — HIS LAST DAYS.
38. 38.INDEX.

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