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| "Family History Preserved" |
| University of Georgia archivisit Linda Aaron, with Mary Johnson and Sindney Fortson have preserved more than 100 Civil War letters that were donated by Johnson and Fortson.
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The Leaders
James Longstreet
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In November 1862, General Robert E. Lee reorganized the Army of Northern Virginia,
placing General James Longstreet in command of the First Corps and General Thomas J.
"Stonewall" Jackson in command of the Second
Corps. Longstreet won Lee's admiration and
praise for his performance at the Battles of
Second Manassas, Anteitam, and Fredericksburg,
but his role at the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg
created controversy... (read
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Robert Toombs
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Robert Toombs attended the University of Georgia in the 1820s. Although discipline problems
forced him to leave the university, he went on to become one of the South's greatest legal
minds and orators. He served Georgia in the
U.S. House of Representatives as a U.S.
Senator for 16 years before the Civil War.
Appointed the first Confederate secretary of
state, he soon resigned his office because he
wanted... (read more) |
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Jefferson Davis
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| The last Confederate Cabinet Meeting was held
May 4, 1865. Confederate President Jefferson
Davis assembled members of his cabinet in
Washington and conducted the last official
business of the Confederate government. A
marker on the courthouse lawn describes this
historic event. (read more) |
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Alexander H. Stephens
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| Alexander Stephens graduated with honors from
the University of Georgia in 1832 and served
in the U.S. House of Representatives before the
war. Unlike the fiery Toombs, Stephens urged
moderation during the secession crisis. When
Georgia voted to leave the Union in January
1861, he supported the choice his state had
made. He became a delegate to the Montgomery
Convention, where he was elected vice president
of the Confederacy. Arrested and imprisoned after the war, (read
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Thomas R. R. Cobb
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| T.R.R. Cobb, Howell Cobb's younger brother and
Joseph Henry Lumpkin's son-in-law, graduated
first in the University of Georgia class of
1841 and became one of Georgia's most noted
lawyers. He was one of the signers of the
Georgia Ordinance of Secession and was the
principle author of the Confederate Constitution.
He later served as a brigadier general in the
Army of Northern Virginia... (read more)
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Howell Cobb
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Howell Cobb, the older brother of T.R.R. Cobb, graduated from the University of Georgia in 1834.
He was elected to the U.S. Congress from 1843-1850 and was
Speaker of the House in 1849. He served as governor of
Georgia from 1851-1853 and as secretary of the U.S. Treasury
from 1856-1860 during the James Buchanan administration. In
1861 Cobb was president of the Montgomery... (read more) |
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Henry W. Grady
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| Henry W. Grady was born in Athens, Georgia in 1850. The son
of Captain W.S. Grady, who commanded the Highland Guards,
Henry often accompanied his father during the recruiting of
this company. After the war, Henry attended the University
of Georgia and became a famous Southern journalist and
orator. He became a leading voice in trying to reunify the
nation... (read more)
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Joseph Henry Lumpkin
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| Joseph Henry Lumpkin was a native of Oglethorpe County in
Georgia. He later moved to Athens, Georgia and briefly
attended the University of Georgia before graduating from
Princeton. Lumpkin was the first chief justice of the Georgia
Supreme Court, serving from 1845-1867. He founded the
University of Georgia Law School along with his son-in-law,
T.R.R. Cobb, and William Hope Hull. He had four sons... (read
more)
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Crawford W. Long
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| Crawford Long attended the University of Georgia in the 1830s
where he roomed with Alexander H. Stephens, the future vice
president of the Confederate States of America. They lived
in the University's Old College building, where a plaque
identifies their room. Long became a noted physician and is
credited with the discovery of ether anesthesia for surgical
use in 1842. During the war, he served as a Confederate
surgeon... (read more)
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Benjamin H. Hill
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| Benjamin Hill graduated from the University of Georgia with
honors in 1844 and became an outstanding lawyer. A voice of
moderation, he opposed secession, but when Georgia left the
Union he loyally served the Confederate cause. After the war,
he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the
U.S. Senate from Georgia and was the first powerful voice of
"The New South." (read more)
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