Governor Howell Cobb - Georgia CSA Gregg's 1st South Carolina -

Gregg's 1st South Carolina - Richland Volunteer Rifles

4th North Carolina

Brother to General Thomas Cobb commander of the Georgia Cobb Legion

But they undoubtedly took pride in the part they had played

Governor Howell Cobb - Georgia CSA Gregg's 1st South Carolina -Governor 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.