CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR SECESSION CONGRESSMAN SENATOR GEORGIA SIGNATURE ENGRAVING

Description

Here’s an Uncommon Civil War Era Steel Signature Engraving of Civil War Era Confederate Georgia Statesman
JOSHUA HILL
(1812 – 1891)
US REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM GEORGIA AFTER ITS READMISSION TO THE UNION 1867-1873
&
CIVIL WAR ERA AMERICAN “
KNOW-NOTHING
” PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM GEORGIA 1857-1861,
Hill resigned from Congress on January 23, 1861, while the other members of the state's delegation simply withdrew shortly after the state convention passed an
ordinance of secession
in Georgia. During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman, a friend of Hill, did not burn Madison, Georgia on his famous “March to the Sea.” Hill became the first Republican U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia. Soon afterwards, Reconstruction ended, and Georgia would not elect another Republican to the US Senate until Mack Mattingly in 1980!
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the engraving bears a wonderful busty portrait image of Hill, with a facsimile signature of the Georgia Statesman!
This engraving was “
Engraved by H. B. Hall & Sons, 62 Fulton St., N.Y.
” and modeled after a CDV Photograph.
The engraving measures 6” x 9” and is in Very Fine Condition.
This piece would look great framed with an authentic example of hill’s autograph!
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE
JOSHUA HILL
Joshua Hill
(January 10, 1812 – March 6, 1891) was an
American
politician who served as a
United States Senator
from the state of
Georgia
.
He was born in
South Carolina
but later moved to Georgia and became a lawyer. He was elected to the
United States House of Representatives
from Georgia in 1857 as a member of the
American Party
(also called the Know-Nothing Party). He was re-elected in 1859. He resigned on January 23, 1861, while the other members of the state's delegation simply withdrew shortly after the state convention passed an
ordinance of secession
in Georgia. Following the end of the
Civil War
, he was elected to the
United States Senate
from Georgia as a
Republican
in 1867. However, he did not serve in the Senate until 1871 when Georgia was readmitted to the United States. He served in the Senate until the end of his term in 1873 and did not run for reelection. He resumed the practice of law and died in
Madison, Georgia
.
During the Civil War, General
William Tecumseh Sherman
, a friend of Hill, did not burn Madison, Georgia on his "
March to the Sea
.
"
Hill became the first
Republican
U.S. Senator
from the State of
Georgia
. Soon afterwards,
Reconstruction
ended, and Georgia would not elect another Republican to the Senate until
Mack Mattingly
in
1980
.
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