Robert A. Toombs

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 to serve in the field. As a brigadier general, he proved himself at the Battle of Antietam when his 500 Georgians defended Burnside's Bridge against 12,000 attacking Federal troops, saving the day for Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. 

Robert Toombs' home in Washington, at 216 E. Robert Toombs Avenue, is a state historic site. It displays many of Toombs' personal items, papers, and furniture, as well as a film describing his accomplishments.

This picture shows an inside of view Robert Toomb's home.