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Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr.
R. Barnwell Rhett Jr. (February 25, 1828 – January 29, 1905) was a Confederate-American thought leader who edited the pro-secession ''Charleston Mercury'' newspaper owned by his father, the Fire-Eaters, Fire-Eater politician Robert Barnwell Rhett, Robert B. Rhett. He was later a Reconstruction era, Reconstruction-era editor of the New Orleans The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate, ''Times-Picayune''. He killed a New Orleans judge in a duel in 1873. Biography After Rhett graduated from Harvard University, class of 1849, he became an attorney in South Carolina. He also assisted in running the family's South Carolina rice plantations, "managing successfully 350 negroes." He married in married Josephine Horton of Huntsville, Alabama, on October 9, 1851. She died in 1860. He began editing the ''Mercury'' in 1857, took a break to be a Confederate colonel in the American Civil War, and resumed that work from 1865 to 1867. He married second, Harriet Moore Barnard, in 1867. From 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederate Chieftains - Engd By J
A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defence, foreign relations, internal trade or currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all its members. Confederalism represents a main form of intergovernmentalism, defined as any form of interaction around states that takes place on the basis of sovereign independence or government. The nature of the relationship among the member states constituting a confederation varies considerably. Likewise, the relationship between the member states and the general government and their distribution of powers varies. Some looser confederations are similar to intergovernmental organization, international organisations. Other confederations with stricter rules may resemble federal systems. These elements o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
