Researching Robert Toombs
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 291 people with the Toombs surname? In that year Toombs was ranked number 3288 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Toombs on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Toombs and the Toombs Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 498 people with the Toombs surname in the UK? Toombs is now ranked number 3571 for popularity in the UK. |
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Robert Toombs
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, Toombs embarked on a political career marked by effective oratory, although he also acquired a reputation for hard living, disheveled appearance, and irascibility. He was identified with Alexander H. Stephens's libertarian wing of secessionist opinion, and in contradistinction to the nationalist Jefferson Davis, Toombs believed a Civil War to be neither inevitable or winnable by the South. Appointed as Secretary of State of the Confederacy (which lacked political parties) Toombs was against the decision to attack Fort Sumter, and resigned from Davis's Cabinet. He was wounded at Battle of Antietam, where he performed creditably. During the Battle of Columbus (1865), Toombs's reluctance to use canister shot on a mixture of Union and Confederate soldiers resulted in the loss of a key bridge in the war's final significant action. He avoided detention by traveling to Europe. On his return two years later, he declined to ask for a pardon, and successfully stood for election in Georgia when Congressional Reconstruction ended in 1877.
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