TOOMBS, Robert Augustus

Confederate

Born: July 2 1810, Wilkes Cty GA

Died: December 15 1885, Washington GA

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, politician, landowner, US congressman, US senator

War Service: 1861 Confederate secretary of state, resigned, Confederate congressman, July 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Toombs' Bde/D R Jones' Divn in Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg (w), 1863 resigned commission, opposed Sherman with Georgia militia.

Post War: Fled abroad, returned to US, Lawyer. 1883 was a year marked by losses for Toombs. After that, he sank into depression, alcoholism, and ultimately became blind.