Robert Eden Scott

He also represented Fauquier County at the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 and the surrounding district in the Provisional Confederate Congress, until his death at the hands of Union Army deserters while defending his farm.On March 10, 1831, he married Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Alexandria lawyer Robert L.Robert E. Scott charmed me by his fine personality and manners, but he was the leading Whig."Conway admired Scott for opposing the "fire eaters" as well as for publicly predicting that secession would end in ruin.[7] Despite not personally fighting for the Confederacy, Scott was killed by Union deserters when he confronted them for abusing his land.
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