Robert Toombs House

216 East Robert Toombs Avenue
Washington, GA, 30673
706-678-2226

URL : http://gastateparks.org/info/rtoombs

overview : A legend in his own time, Robert Toombs was a successful planter and lawyer who led a turbulent career as state legislator, U. S. Congressman and Senator. "Defend yourselves; the enemy is at your door!" thundered Toombs from the Senate floor on January 24, 1860. The following year, Georgia seceded from the Union and Toombs personified the South by evolving from conservative Unionist to fire-breathing secessionist.

topics : civil, war, political