Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
| Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb | |
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| Deputy to the Provisional C.S. Congress from Georgia |
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In office February 8, 1861 – February 17, 1862 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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| Born |
April 10, 1823 Jefferson County, Georgia |
| Died | December 13, 1862 (aged 39) Fredericksburg, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Relations | Howell Cobb (brother) |
| Alma mater | Franklin College |
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| Allegiance |
 Confederate States
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861-1862 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Commands |
Cobb's Legion Cobb's Brigade |
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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (April 10, 1823 – December 13, 1862) was an American lawyer, author, politician, and Confederate States Army officer, killed in the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. He is the brother of noted Confederate statesman Howell Cobb.
Cobb was born in Jefferson County, Georgia, to John A. Cobb and Sarah Rootes Cobb. He was the younger brother of Howell Cobb. He married Marion Lumpkin, who was the daughter of the Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice Joseph Henry Lumpkin. Three of their children lived past childhood: Callender (Callie), who married Augustus Longstreet Hull; Sarah A. (Sally), who married Henry Jackson, the son of Henry Rootes Jackson; and Marion (Birdie), who married Michael Hoke Smith. The Lucy Cobb Institute, which he founded, was named for a daughter who died shortly before the school opened. His niece Mildred Lewis Rutherford served the school for over forty years in various capacities. Cobb graduated in 1841 from Franklin College (present day University of Georgia), where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society, and was admitted to the bar in 1842.
From 1849 to 1857, he was a reporter of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He was an ardent secessionist, and was a delegate to the Secession Convention. He is best known for his treatise on the law of slavery titled An Inquiry into the Law of Negro Slavery in the United States of America (1858), a passage of which reads:
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