Governor Howell Cobb - Georgia CSA Brother to General Thomas Cobb

Brother to General Thomas Cobb commander of the Georgia Cobb Legion

4th North Carolina

Upon learning from slaves the ownership of this plantation

Central device is a white disc with black crossed cannons in the middle (5 3/4" long)

Governor Howell Cobb - Georgia CSA Brother to General Thomas CobbGovernor Howell Cobb Brother to General Thomas Cobb commander of the Georgia Cobb Legion, Howell was a powerhouse of Georgia and national politics in the 1850s and 1860s. He would hold the office of Georgia Representative, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Georgia's 40th Governor, and Secretary of the Treasury. While apposed to secession in the 1850s, but with the election of Lincoln, Howell moved immediately for secession go Georgia.