Curry, Civil History of the Confederate States, 52. On the other hand, Stephens thought that Toombs would have been the choice of the Congress had a misunderstanding not arisen in the Georgia delegation. Stephens, War between the States, II, 329-331. See also Pollard, Life of Jefferson Davis and Secret History of the Confederacy, 64, who states that R. M. T. Hunter was slated for the presidency, with Jefferson Davis as secretary of war. A further discussion is given in Dodd's Jefferson Davis, 216-222, and in Phillips' Life of Robert Toombs, 22-226.
