Those Southern Lamars : The Stories of Five Illustrious Lamars

by COUGHLIN THOMAS LAMAR

• ISBN13: 9780738824109
• ISBN10: 0738824100
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Replica Books

Summary

A collection of factual stories about several illustrious members of the Lamar family including two justices of the United States Supreme Court, a President of Texas, a steamboat pioneer who went on to become a wealthy New York banker and later a Civil War blockade-runner and his firebrand, slave blockade running son.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
The Pioneers	p. 23
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar: Prelude to Secession	p. 36
L.Q.C. Lamar: War-time service	p. 43
L.Q.C. Lamar: Rebuilding from the Ashes	p. 56
L.Q.C. Lamar: From Senator to Supreme Court Justice	p. 59
Gazaway Bugg Lamar: Financier and Steamboat Pioneer	p. 75
G. B. Lamar: The South's Wall Street Banker	p. 86
Gazaway Bugg Lamar: Hospitals, Banking, and Blockade Running	p. 91
Gazaway Bugg Lamar: Swearing Lincoln's Oath	p. 113
Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar: Slave-Blockade Runner	p. 122
Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar: A Stronger Blockade	p. 132
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar: The Georgia Years	p. 137
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar: Instant Hero, then President	p. 142
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar: Ex-President, Soldier, Diplomat	p. 159
Joseph Rucker Lamar: Golf Course to Supreme Court	p. 166
Several Other Lamars: Historical Notes	p. 176
Works Cited	p. 181
End Notes	p. 183
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