Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb 1823-62, American lawyer, b. Jefferson co., Ga.; brother of Howell Cobb. Admitted to the bar in 1842, he edited 20 volumes of the Georgia supreme court reports (1849-57), prepared A Digest of the Statute Laws of the State of Georgia (1851), and compiled (1858-61) a new state criminal code. Cobb was a militant secessionist. In the Georgia secession convention he was chairman of the committee that wrote a new state constitution (1861) and helped write the Confederate Constitution. In the Civil War he organized and led Cobb's Legion. Promoted to brigadier general in Nov., 1862, he was killed at Fredericksburg the following month.
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Return of Confederate's home stirs Georgia town
International Herald Tribune; 5/1/2004; Andrew Jacobs; 970 words;
... home. But when the T.R.R. Cobb House returns later this ... trucks. That's because Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, the man who lived there ... finishing school for girls, Cobb also authored the Georgia ... across the nation. But Cobb is perhaps best known ...
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution residential real estate column.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA); 7/30/2004; 1034 words;
... certainly inspired by Thomas Jefferson's Charlottesville ... TO ATHENS: The T.R.R. Cobb House is on the move. The historic home of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, a brigadier general who ... Ridder/Tribune Business News. For information on republishing ...
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