What do Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia, well-known fire-eater William Lowndes Yancey of Alabama, Georgia Whig, Know-Nothing and Constitutional Union party member Benjamin H. Hill, and a Georgia judge by the name of Francis Coner have in common? It's something that relates to Alexander Stephens.
Unrelated to the quiz, I cannot fail to express my amazement that Herschel V. Johnson's middle name was "Vespasian." Why on earth would you give your child that name?
Unrelated to the quiz, I cannot fail to express my amazement that Herschel V. Johnson's middle name was "Vespasian." Why on earth would you give your child that name?
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ReplyDeleteThanks for including my blog, The Dougout, in your "Blogs of Note" column with some stellar company.
I would guess that Stephens challenged each of these men to a duel, though I'm not familiar with Judge Coner, and don't recall Stephens challenging Yancey.
ReplyDeleteBen Hill's dismissal of Stephens' challenge, as told by Merton Coulter, is especially entertaining.
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ReplyDeleteYou are the man! I'm on a balky dial-up connection at the moment, but I'll post separately on the good judge, probably tomorrow. The other three men declined Stephens' challenges, as you suggest.