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1 Phillips, Ulrich B., Ed. the Correspondence of Robert Toombs Phillips, Ulrich B., ed. The Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb. Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association, 1913. Linton and growing support for Douglas, 500 Saddened by northern elections results, blames this on Buchanan break with Douglas, 501 Stephens speaking for Douglas, secessionists, 501-2 Georgia, election, Breckinridge, not surprised by Lincoln's election, 502-3 Stephens, Hopes for maintaining rights in the Union, dangers of revolution, 504-5 Cobb, secession, Lincoln, Republicans, black equality, fugitive slave law, 505-16 Cobb resigns from cabinet, does not blame Buchanan, 518-19 Cobb, speaking for secession elections, 518-19 Robert Toombs, on the crisis and secession, timing, 519-22 William Henry Trescott, secession, 522 Mrs. Jacob Thompson on resignations and excitement in Washington, society, 522-24 Howell Cobb, speaking appointments, 524 Robert Toombs, Republicans rejected all compromise including Crittenden proposal, committee of thirteen, 525 Shot and shell for Confederate government, 525-26 Stephens, colonization, constitution, secession of Georgia likely, 526 Toombs on cabinet resignations, 528 William Porcher Miles, secession, Sumter, resistance, 528-29 William Henry Trescott, cabinet resignations, Buchanan, Anderson, Sumter, secession of Georgia, organization of a southern government, 530-31 Jacob Thompson, Buchanan, Holt, Star of the West, Sumter, Winfield Scott, secession, new confederacy, 531-33 Texas, secession, Houston hostile, 533 Raphael Semmes, serve in Confederate navy, light houses, 533-35, 546-47 Border-state unionism, manufacturing, Mississippi navigation, 535-36 Augustus R. Wright, secession commissioner, Maryland, 536 Howell Cobb, Montgomery convention, presidency, Jefferson Davis, 536-37 Compromise prospects, 538 Confederacy, Georgia, trade policy, forts, 538-40 Thompson resignation, secession in Georgia, census bureau patronage, 540-41 Peaceable secession, attitude in Washington, Confederate patronage, 541-42 Joseph Brown, military appointments, 543 Winfield Scott, Buchanan, Lincoln, need for secession of Virginia, 543-44 Cobb, Jefferson Davis inaugural address, cabinet formation, 544 Northern newspaper editor moving south, 544-45 Tariff, Mississippi River, 545-46 Baltimore and Lincoln, 546 Colt revolver for Mrs. Cobb, 547 North Carolina convention and unionism, 547-48 Northern politics, warlike Republicans, Democrats, 548-49 Confederate loan, France, England, free trade, Confederate money, 549-51 Patronage, seeking office, 551-52 Tariffs, free trade, popular ratification of constitution, taxes, forts, 552-54 1 Cobb letter to Buchanan, election of Lincoln, secession, 554-55 Cotton, shipping, free trade, constitution popular ratification, suffrage, 555-58 Arkansas, Washington policy, military situation, Virginia, loan, 558-59 New Orleans, volunteer companies, Catholic cathedral, opposition to reconstruction, 559-60 Georgia governor's election, Joe Brown, 560 Northern reaction to firing on Sumter, Democrats, submit constitution to popular vote, Texas, should hang Houston, 561-62 Toombs, troops and Norfolk Navy Yard, 562-63 Stephens, Confederates for peace, no choice but fire on Sumter, peace terms, 563-64 Augustus Longstreet, Confederate tariff, free trade, 564-65 Joseph Brown, Georgia, coast defense, 565 Virginia and East Tennessee, 565-66 University of Georgia, 566-68 Cobb, upper South secession, 568 Cobb, likely quarrel between Jefferson Davis and Joseph Brown, 568 Toombs, Stephens, Produce loan, shortage of arms, Missouri, Kentucky, 568-70 Joseph Brown, state troops, Jefferson Davis, 571-74 Toombs, generalship, 573 Cobb, northern morale post Manassas, short war, 573 Toombs, Johnston, need to attack Washington, Davis, 575-76 Brown, Stephens, governor's election, 576-77, 580 Toombs, Benjamin, Johnston, West Point, 577-78 Davis, generals, inaction, Toombs, 579 Measles, 578-79 Criticism of Davis, 580-81 Thomas W. Thomas on fall 1861 movements in northern Virginia, 581-83 Food, clothing and logistics questions, 582-83 Howell Cobb, operations around Yorktown, 583-85 Criticism of Jefferson Davis in the army, 686-87 Howell Cobb, Fort Donelson, 588 Howell Cobb, General Wool exchange of prisoners, 587-89 Robert Toombs, Davis, Lee, Secretary of War, 590 Howell Cobb, faith in Lee as a commander, 590-91 Robert Toombs, criticizes Davis on Post Office, Navy, Patronage, weakness of small Senate, 592 Robert Toombs, Favors concentration of troops with Johnston and Beauregard and let them move into Tennessee, 592-93 Robert Toombs great crisis in defense of Richmond, spring 1862, 593 Howell Cobb, Peninsula, Warwick River, 594 Robert Toombs, disease and retreat on Peninsula, blames officers, deplores unwillingness to fight, and Davis, 593-95 Thomas W. Thomas, wants to edit Constitutionalist, 595-96 Papers of the Provisional congress, 596-97, 599, 602-3 Joseph Brown, states' rights, Davis, militia, conscription, 597-98 Robert Toombs, Gaines's Mill, Magruder, Seven Days, 599-601 2 Slaves, high prices to shoes, 602 Conscription exemption, 603 Robert Toombs, Second Manassas campaign, arrested, Longstreet, 603-5 Joseph Brown, military despotism, Bragg, martial law, 605 Howell Cobb, Antietam campaign, 606-7 Robert Toombs, senatorial elections, Know Nothings in legislature, Jefferson Davis, legislature, criticism of Brown, 607-9 Death of Thomas R. R. Cobb at Fredericksburg, 609 Gubernatorial election, Joseph E. Brown, Linton Stephens, Toombs 610-11, 614, 617-18 Robert Toombs, resignation from army, 611-14 Howell Cobb, early peace delusions, planting cotton, 613 Howell Cobb, Yankees in Jacksonville, Florida, 613-15 Howell Cobb, declines to become Quartermaster General, 616-17 Robert Toombs, running for Congress, wants to block Davis, worried about Vicksburg, Johnston, Pemberton, 619-20 Thomas W. Thomas, Conscription and exemption for his brother in law, 620 Robert Toombs, gloomy, thinking of going back into army, Brown, weak volunteering, 621 Joseph Brown, call for Stephens to speak, despondence; a reconstruction party, 621-22 Robert Toombs, newspaper letter, Confederate government failed to tax, too much paper money, gold standard, loans, bonds, 622-27 Joseph E. Brown, short supplies for army, need for fixed prices, 627-28 Joseph Brown, gubernatorial election, Joshua Hill, 628 Robert Toombs, Jefferson Davis, conscription, some of the best officers killed by blunders, fall of Vicksburg, 628-29 Robert Toombs, candidate for senate, 629 Howell Cobb, need for brains in Richmond, Congress, 631 Joseph E. Brown, Lincoln, abolition, ten percent plan 632 Joseph E. Brown, war against him at Richmond, railroad, 632, Joseph E. Brown, habeas corpus, 633 Benjamin Hill, 634 Benjamin Hill, Joe Brown's message, change of administration, negotiations, abolition, defeat Lincoln in election, habeas corpus, Jefferson Davis, 634-37 Robert Toombs, government's financial policy, habeas corpus, 637-39 Joseph Brown, Stephens speech on habeas corpus, Howell Cobb, Jefferson Davis, 639-41 Joseph E. Brown, Cobb and army meetings condemning Brown, 641 Joseph Brown, criticism of his message, 641-42 Joseph Brown, Confederate party in Georgia, Howell Cobb, Toombs, 643 Joseph Brown, Johnston, Toombs, troops, 644 Joseph Brown, Constitutionalist newspaper, 644 John Winder, Howell Cobb, desertions at Andersonville, 644-45 Howell Cobb, Athens, Atlanta, Johnston, 645-46 Howell Cobb, Yankees raiding in Alabama, heading toward Columbia, Georgia, 646-48 Howell Cobb, Joseph Johnston and wife, Atlanta, 747 Howell Cobb, rumors about Atlanta, removal of Johnston, 648 Howell Cobb, fighting around Atlanta, death of McPherson, 649 Joseph Brown, Johnston, Hood, militia, 649-50 3 Military situation in Florida, Confederate prospects, generally, 650-51 Robert Toombs, defenses of Atlanta, Wheeler, Hood, Davis, 651-52 Robert Toombs, Joseph E. Brown, Sherman, Jefferson Davis and peace issue, 652-53 Joseph E. Brown, reply to Sherman, Vance, meeting of governors, 653-54 Brown, Henry G. Cole and plot to blow up powder works, 654 Alexander H. Stephens, states' rights, nullification, right of secession, 654-55 Howell Cobb, burning of Atlanta, Sherman's march, 655-56 Howell Cobb, arming slaves, Lee, Brown, Davis, 656-58 Robert Toombs, reported despondency in Richmond, Brown, impressment, 660-61 Toombs, Congress, Davis, mood in Richmond, 661 Jefferson Davis, faction, message, hostility in Congress, 661-52 Joseph Brown, conference, restoration of the Union 662 Howell Cobb, slaves behaving well, 662-63 4 .
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