Joshua Hill of Madison: Civil War Unionist and Georgia's First Republican Senator, 1812-1891

"In 1876, Joshua Hill mused, 'not a foot print will remain to show that I was of those who lingered by the stormy sea of politics.' He was too pessimistic about his legacy. Distinguished Georgia historian Tom Dyer declared that Hill was 'undoubtedly Georgia's most prominent wartime Unionist.' Nevertheless, Hill's career lacks the full biography that it deserves. Joshua Hill served in the United States House of Representatives prior to the Civil War and strongly opposed secession. During the...