(Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Thos. S. Gholson, of Virginia...)
Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Thos. S. Gholson, of Virginia, on the Policy of Employing Negro Troops, and the Duty of All Classes to Aid in the Prosecution of the War: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the Confederate States, on the 1st of February, 1865 Upon the introduction of resolutions to the effect that while we should be ready to treat for peace, we should prepare to prosecute the war with vigor, by placing every man liable to service in the field, and ceasing to agitate the policy of employing negro troeri as soldiers, Mr. Guensou rose and said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Thomas Saunders Gholson was born on December 9, 1808, at Gholsonville, Brunswick County, Virginia. He was the son of Maj. William and Mary (Saunders) Gholson, and a descendant in the fourth generation from Anthony Gholson of Brunswick County - presumably the first of the line in America.
After attending secondary school in Oxford, North Carolina, Gholson entered the University of Virginia, where in 1827, he was graduated. He studied law and for some years practised his profession in Brunswick County.
In 1840, Gholson removed to Petersburg and formed a law partnership with his brother, James Hubbard Gholson, which continued until the latter’s death in 1848, after which he formed a partnership with James Alfred Jones of Mecklenburg County and Richmond.
In 1844, he was appointed a visitor of the College of William and Mary. He served as president of the Bank of Petersburg, and founded and aided in the support of a public library in that city.
Gholson became judge of the 5th judicial circuit in Virginia in 1859, and continued through the April term, 1863, following which he was elected a member of the Second Confederate States Congress.
After the war, he formed a cotton and tobacco commission house in Liverpool, England, with his son-in-law, Col. Norman Stewart Walker. He died suddenly, of heart-failure, at Savannah, Georgia, while returning to Virginia after a visit to England to look after his new business interests.
He was buried at the historic Blandford Church, Petersburg, of which he had formerly (1843) been a vestryman.
(Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Thos. S. Gholson, of Virginia...)
Gholson favored a vigorous military policy, advocated inclusive conscription, and protested successfully against the use of negro troops.
Gholson was a member of the Second Confederate States Congress.
Gholson won a reputation as an excellent lawyer and a speaker of unusual eloquence.
His career was not dramatic or conspicuous enough for his name to appear frequently in the newspapers of his time; and, although he was a figure of considerable local prominence, even his death - occurring in a strange city, in the troubled days of Reconstruction - evoked but brief comment from the press.
Little can be ascertained of his life or personality, save for family traditions of his hospitality, his gentle disposition and keen humor, and his modesty, which led him to shun notoriety of any kind.
On May 14, 1829, Gholson married his first cousin, Cary Ann Gholson.
