Robert Toombs
Subtitle: the civil wars of a United States senator and Confederate general
By: Mark Scroggins
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780786463633
Subjects: Politics and government; Generals; Legislators; United States. Congress. Senate; United States; Biography; History
Description: "Robert Toombs of Georgia stands as one of the most fiery and influential politicians of the nineteenth century. This biography chronicles his days as a student and young lawyer, his political career, his appointment as the Confederacy's first Secretary of State, his unsuccessful stint as a Confederate General, and his role as an unreconstructed rebel after the war"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: Georgia; title: Milledgeville; title: House; title: Senate; title: Dixie; title: Un-reconstructed.