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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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Robert A. 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 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.
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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.
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This picture shows an inside of view Robert Toomb's
home.
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| "Defend yourselves, the enemy
is at your door...!" Thundered Robert A. Toombs from the
floor of the Senate Jan. 24th, 1860
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