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Civilian Leader James Mason and his Confederacy role
A compact tribute to James M Mason of Virginia, tracing his career from Virginia legislator to U S senator and Confederate commissioner. It highlights his senatorial manner, opposition to political demagoguery, advocacy for state power, and pivotal Trent Affair diplomacy. The piece places Mason among Virginia political notables and moral statesmen, detailing his education, career, and Civil War service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Mason
Senate of the United States
Virginia
Senate
John Breckenridge
Stephen A. Douglas
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States
William Heward
New York
R. M. T. Hunter
Mason
Bedford County
Mr. Mason
Georgetown
University of Pennsylvania
College of William and Mary
Winchester
Benjamin Watkins Leigh
Richmond
Geo. Mason
Gunston
George Washington
George Mason
Williamsburg
Commonwealth
Miss Chew
Henry A. Wise
Henry St. George Tucker
Alfred H. Powell
John R. Cook
Marshalls
the Conrads
Moses Hunter
Frederick
Giles
Frederick County
John Randolph
Roanoke
Assembly
House of Delegates
Congress
Calhoun
Pickens
South Carolina
Mallory
Hunter
Washington
United States Senate
John W. Jones
Chesterfield
James McDowell
Rockbridge
Farmers’ Bank of Virginia
Hampshire
Smithsonian Institute
Oregon
David P. Wilmot
Pennsylvania
Trent
Provisional Congress
Montgomery
Great Britain
John Slidell
Louisiana
Republic of France
Charleston
S. C
Havana
England
Charles Wilkes
United States Navy
San Jacinto
Messrs. Mason and Slidell
Earl Russell
Appomattox Courthouse
Confederacy