  | CHAPTER | PAGE | | I. | Family, Boyhood, Life at College, | 1 | | II. | At the Bar, | 13 | | III. | In the Legislature, | 29 | | IV. | Elected to Congress, | 43 | | V. | In the Lower House, | 56 | | VI. | The Compromise of 1850, | 67 | | VII. | The Georgia Platform, | 83 | | VIII. | The Campaign of 1852, | 97 | | IX. | Toombs in the Senate, | 107 | | X. | The "Know-nothing" Party, | 121 | | XI. | Toombs in Boston, | 129 | | XII. | Buchanan's Administration, | 140 | | XIII. | "On the Stump" in Georgia, | 144 | | XIV. | The Campaign of 1856, | 155 | | XV. | John Brown's Raid, | 169 | | XVI. | The Charleston Convention, | 175 | | XVII. | Toombs as a Legislator, | 186 | | XVIII. | Election of Lincoln, | 199 | | XIX. | Farewell to the Senate, | 205 | | XX. | Toombs and Secession, | 209 | | XXI. | Toombs as Premier of the Confederacy, | 222 | | XXII. | Brigadier-General in Army of Northern Virginia, | 236 | | XXIII. | With the Georgia Militia, | 277 | | XXIV. | Toombs as a Fugitive, | 286 | | XXV. | Without a Country, | 308 | | XXVI. | Commencing Life Anew, | 315 | | XXVII. | Days of Reconstruction, | 324 | | XXVIII. | His Last Public Service, | 337 | | XXIX. | Domestic Life of Toombs, | 353 | | XXX. | His Great Fault, | 364 | | XXXI. | His Last Days, | 369 |
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