Robert Augustus Toombs Small 290×320 Medium 579×640 Large 927×1024 Download Tiff Original 2173×2400 | (2.3 MB) Description Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American political leader, Secretary of State of the Confederacy, and a Confederate general in the Civil War. Keywords American Civil War, Confederate general, kcivilwarperson, lawyer, Robert Augustus Toombs, secession, secretary of state of the confederacy, whig party Galleries Famous People: T Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 9) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)