TOOMBS, Robert Augustus CSA

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TOOMBS, Robert Augustus CSA


Born July 2 1810, Wilkes Cty GA
Died December 15 1885, Washington GA
Pre-War Profession Lawyer, politician, land owner, US congressman, US senator.
War Service 1861 Confederate secretary of state, resigned, Confederate congressman, July 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Toombs’ Bde/D R Jones' Divn in Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg (w), 1863 resigned commission, opposed Sherman with Georgia militia.
Post War Career Fled abroad, returned to US, politician.
Notes Never asked for a pardon, and was thus denied elected office.
 
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