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Atlanta Campaign
... with Confederate politicians. First came fire-eater|fire-eaters Louis T. Wigfall, Senator from Texas, asking about Johnston's ... withdrawing from

Edmund Ruffin
... a surrender negotiated by fellow fire-eater Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Edmund Ruffin led the Palmetto Guards ...

Fire-eaters
... Barnwell Rhett, Edmund Ruffin, Robert Toombs, Louis Trezevant Wigfall, and William Yancey. The term appears ...

Fort Sumter
... that time former U. S. Senator Louis Wigfall appeared on the island, white flag ... over to the island without authorization. Wigfall discussed th

James Archer
... the 5th Texas Infantry under BG Louis T. Wigfall. For a brief time, Archer assumed ... Texas Brigade in February, 1862, when Wigfall left to serve

P. G. T. Beauregard
... to Beauregard but to Texas Senator Louis Wigfall. The Creole general skyrocketed to fame ...

Star of the West
... in the government, including Texas Senator Louis Wigfall and others knew of the deception ...