- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Alfred H. Colquitt
- Publisher:
- Southern Illustrated News
- Date of Original:
- 1863
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Legislators--United States
Lawyers--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Legislators--Georgia
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers
Colquitt, Alfred Holt, 1829-1894 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/png
- Description:
- Alfred H. Colquitt, a veteran officer of the Civil War, was a native of Walton County. Before the war, Colquitt served in the U.S. Congress, and in 1876 he was elected governor of Georgia. In 1883 he returned to Congress as a senator.
Photograph of Alfred H. Colquitt, an active secessionist and brigade commander in the Civil War (1861-65). The drawing is from a Richmond newspaper in 1863. Colquitt was a prominent political leader in his home state until his death. During his long career, the veteran officer was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, as well as the governor of Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/alfred-h-colquitt-1824-1894/m-4963/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brigadier-General_Alfred_Holt_Colquitt.png
- Rights Holder:
- Portrait of Brigadier-General Alfred Holt Colquitt, Southern Illustrated News, 1863. Image from Wikimedia
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/alfred-h-colquitt-1824-1894
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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