Secession in Georgia and Alexander Stephens Role

On January 18, 1861, Georgia seceded from the union and joined the confederacy. During the war, the state of Georgia sent almost 100,000 soldiers to battle. Their cotton production was changed to food production and, for a while, they were a major supplier for the confederate army. However, after the union destroyed 1400 miles of railroad tracks, transportation in Georgia greatly suffered.

                Alexander Hamilton Stephens was an American politician from Georgia and the Vice President of the Confederate States of America. Before and after the civil war, Stephens served as a US Representative from Georgia. He was also the 50^th governor of Georgia from 1882 until he passed away in 1883.