ROBERT TOOMBS
STATESMAN, SPEAKER, SOLDIER, SAGE
BY PLEASANT A. STOVALL
CONTENTS
ROBERT TOOMBS. (2)
CHAPTER I. FAMILY, BOYHOOD, LIFE AT COLLEGE.
CHAPTER II. AT THE BAR.
CHAPTER III. IN THE LEGISLATURE.
CHAPTER IV. ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
CHAPTER V. IN THE LOWER HOUSE.
CHAPTER VI. THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.
CHAPTER VII. THE GEORGIA PLATFORM.
CHAPTER VIII. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1852.
CHAPTER IX. TOOMBS IN THE SENATE.
CHAPTER X. THE "KNOW-NOTHING" PARTY.
CHAPTER XI. TOOMBS IN BOSTON.
CHAPTER XII. BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION.
CHAPTER XIII. "ON THE STUMP" IN GEORGIA.
CHAPTER XIV. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1856.
CHAPTER XV. JOHN BROWN'S RAID.
CHAPTER XVI. THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
CHAPTER XVII. TOOMBS AS A LEGISLATOR.
CHAPTER XVIII. ELECTION OF LINCOLN.
CHAPTER XIX. FAREWELL TO THE SENATE.
CHAPTER XX. TOOMBS AND SECESSION.
CHAPTER XXI. TOOMBS AS PREMIER OF THE CONFEDERACY.
CHAPTER XXII. BRIGADIER GENERAL IN ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
CHAPTER XXIII. WITH THE GEORGIA MILITIA.
CHAPTER XXIV. TOOMBS AS A FUGITIVE.
CHAPTER XXV. WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
CHAPTER XXVI. COMMENCING LIFE ANEW.
CHAPTER XXVII. DAYS OF RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER XXVIII. HIS LAST PUBLIC SERVICE.
CHAPTER XXIX. DOMESTIC LIFE OF TOOMBS.
CHAPTER XXX. HIS GREAT FAULT.
CHAPTER XXXI. HIS LAST DAYS.
INDEX.
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