On the brink of the Civil War , Georgia’s citizen’s were major players for both the secessionists and the unionist movements. In this essay I plan to cover who these secessionists and unionists were, how the secessionists were successful in the state legislature, and the justification given for Georgia’s Ordinance of Secession.
The majority of Georgia political leaders were secessionists, and supported the disunion of the country. Major Georgian Secessionists include Eugenious A. Nisbet, one of the original justices on the Supreme Court of Georgia, Robert Tombs, one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate, Howell Cobb, governor of Georgia, and a speaker in the U.S. House of Representatives, and George W. Towns a lawyer, legislator, …show more content…
Important Georgian Unionists are Hershal V. Johnson who was a Georgian politician, and Alexander Hamilton Stephens who was vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Georgian Unionist soldiers were primarily motivated to defend their state home against Confederate attacks, as well as general devotion to the Union. Due to the lack of physical numbers and weak motivations the Georgian Unionists fled back home, when they were attacked in 1864. These groups of unionist provided by Georgia were cited as “utterly worthless” by the Union General James Steedman.
The Georgian secessionists won in the state legislature at the Georgian State Convention in 1861 by a small majority of 44,152 to 41,632. The secessionists believed that Lincoln getting elected was a direct violation of the U.S. Constitution, and was a clear indicator on the North’s ambition to eliminate slavery in the South crippling their economic and political way of life. Helping aid the secession was the decisive and well thought plan of the immediate secessionists, and the reassurance of strong neighboring southern allies like Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, and
The majority of Georgia political leaders were secessionists, and supported the disunion of the country. Major Georgian Secessionists include Eugenious A. Nisbet, one of the original justices on the Supreme Court of Georgia, Robert Tombs, one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate, Howell Cobb, governor of Georgia, and a speaker in the U.S. House of Representatives, and George W. Towns a lawyer, legislator, …show more content…
Important Georgian Unionists are Hershal V. Johnson who was a Georgian politician, and Alexander Hamilton Stephens who was vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Georgian Unionist soldiers were primarily motivated to defend their state home against Confederate attacks, as well as general devotion to the Union. Due to the lack of physical numbers and weak motivations the Georgian Unionists fled back home, when they were attacked in 1864. These groups of unionist provided by Georgia were cited as “utterly worthless” by the Union General James Steedman.
The Georgian secessionists won in the state legislature at the Georgian State Convention in 1861 by a small majority of 44,152 to 41,632. The secessionists believed that Lincoln getting elected was a direct violation of the U.S. Constitution, and was a clear indicator on the North’s ambition to eliminate slavery in the South crippling their economic and political way of life. Helping aid the secession was the decisive and well thought plan of the immediate secessionists, and the reassurance of strong neighboring southern allies like Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, and