Howell Cobb family papers, 1824-1888.

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Howell Cobb family papers, 1824-1888.

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The collection consists of papers of Howell Cobb and the Cobb family of Athens, Georgia from 1824-1888. Includes mainly correspondence and receipts. Contains several letters between Cobb and Harry L. Flash pertaining to Cobb arranging the sale of the MACON TELEGRAPH. Correspondence to Howell from T.R.R. Cobb discusses forming a legion (later know as Cobb's Legion) for the Confederate States of America. Correspondence from Cobb to his wife, Mary Ann, comments on the battle of Bull Run and lists people killed in battle. Also contains a letter of introduction for Cobb to General Geary written by H.K. Jackson. After Cobb's death, correspondence concerns Mary Ann Cobb and mainly discusses social life in Georgia.

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

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Howell Cobb (September 7, 1815-October 9, 1868) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He served as congressman (1843-51; 1855-57), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1849-51), governor of Georgia (1851-53), and secretary of the treasury (1857-60). Following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army. Cobb was born in Jefferson County on September 7, 1815, the eldest ...

Cobb, Mary Ann Lamar.

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Flash, Harry Lynden.

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Cobb family.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's Legion. Cavalry Battalion

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Cobb's Legion (also known as the Georgia Legion) was a Confederate States Army military unit raised in Georgia by Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb during the summer of 1861. A "legion" consisted of a single integrated command, with individual components from the infantry, cavalry, and artillery. When it was originally raised, the Georgia Legion comprised seven infantry companies, four cavalry companies, and a single battery. The concept of a multiple-branch unit was fine in theory, but neve...

Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862

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Thomas Read Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) was a lawyer of Georgia and later a Confederate brigadier general. He was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. From the guide to the Thomas Read Rootes Cobb Letters, ., 1855-1862, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), lawyer and Brigadier General, born at Cherry Hill plantation in Jefferson County, Georgia. During the Civil War, he commanded Cobb...