United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181863Alfred 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.image/pngSouthern Illustrated Newshttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/alfred-h-colquitt-1824-1894Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/alfred-h-colquitt-1824-1894Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGovernors--GeorgiaLegislators--United StatesLawyers--GeorgiaPoliticians--GeorgiaLegislators--GeorgiaConfederate States of America. Army--OfficersColquitt, Alfred Holt, 1829-1894Alfred H. ColquittStillImage