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Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy.From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toombs embarked on a political career marked by effective oratory, although he also acquired a reputation for hard living, disheveled appearance, and irascibility.
The Robert Toombs House State Historic Site is a historic property located at 216 East Robert Toombs Avenue in Washington, Georgia.It was the home of Robert Toombs (1810–85), a U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Georgia who originally opposed Southern secession but later became a Confederate Cabinet official and then a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
Civil War historian Allen C. Guelzo describes the first Confederate secretaries of war and state, LeRoy Pope Walker of Alabama and Robert Toombs of Georgia, respectively—as "brainless political appointees." [3] The cabinet's performance suffered due to Davis's inability to delegate and propensity to micromanage his Cabinet officers. [7]
Robert Toombs. Portrait of Robert Toombs, elected a delegate at-large to the Southern Convention in Montgomery, Alabama, February 4, 1861. Howell Cobb.
Robert Paul Tombs (born 8 May 1949) [1] [2] is a British historian of France. He is professor emeritus of French history at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge . [ 3 ]
Robert Toombs (1810–1885) February 25, 1861 July 25, 1861 150 days Democrat: 2 Robert M. T. Hunter (1809–1887) July 25, 1861 February 22, 1862 212 days
SS Robert D. Carey: Robert D. Carey: 2769 standard 24 February 1944: 14 March 1944: Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 SS Robert Dale Owen: Robert Dale Owen: 1974 standard 26 April 1943: 21 May 1943: Sold private 1947, mined off Rijeka and sunk, 1947 SS Robert E. Clarkson: Robert E. Clarkson: 2956 standard 26 July 1944: 2 September 1944: Scrapped ...
In February 1862, a group of Georgia congressmen, led by the Cobb brothers and Robert Augustus Toombs, a former Confederate Secretary of State, called for a "scorched earth policy" before advancing Union troops, stating that the Confederacy should "Let every woman have a torch, every child a firebrand" in order to deprive Union troops of ...