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Chestnut, James, Jr.
Senator; born near Camden, S. C., in 1815; graduated at Princeton College in 1835; elected United States Senator from South Carolina, Jan. 5, 1859.
When it became evident that his State would secede he resigned his seat, but his resignation was not accepted, and on July 11, 1861, he was expelled.
He was a member of the Confederate Provisional Congress; entered the Confederate army; became aide to Jefferson Davis; and was promoted brigadiergeneral in 1864.
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Wigfall, Louis Trezevant 1816-1874
Legislator; born in Edgefield district, S. C., April 21, 1816; took a partial course at the College of South Carolina; left to enter the army for the Indian War in Florida; was admitted to the bar; Texan State Senator in 1857-58 and 1859-60; United States Senator from Jan. 4, 1860, till his formal expulsion, July 11, 1861.
Commenting on Mr. Lincoln's inaugural address, Senator Wigfall said: It is easy to talk about enforcing the laws and holding, occupying, and possessing the forts.
When you come to do this, bayonets, and not words, must settle the question. . . . Fort Pickens and the administration will soon be forced to construe the inaugural. . . .The Confederate States will not leave Fort Sumter in possession of the Federal government. . . . Seven States have formed a confederation, and to tell them, as the President has done, that the acts of secession are no more than blank paper is an insult. . . . There is no Union left. . . . The s