Toombs

[ toomz ]

/ tumz /

Robert,1810–85, U.S. lawyer, orator, and Confederate statesman and army officer.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

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A close friend, who used to visit him frequently at his home, declares that Toombs' powers did not wait upon the occasion.
Robert Toombs|Pleasant A. Stovall
He was not near Brooks at any time, and he was not with Senator Toombs, except perhaps as he passed him on leaving the chamber.
Stephen A. Douglas|Allen Johnson
As Webster was the special apostle of the preservation of the union, Toombs was the same of secession.
The Brothers' War|John Calvin Reed
What two distinguished men besides Toombs were ordered to be captured after the war?
Southern Literature From 1579-1895|Louise Manly

Toombs had already left the Whig party, and was acting with the Democrats.
Stories Of Georgia|Joel Chandler Harris