Campbell led a storied career, graduating from U. Georgia at 14 and spending three more years at West Point before becoming a famous layer in Alabama, and being named a Supreme Court Justice by Franklin Pierce in 1853. While before serving he frees his slaves, he does concur with Judge Taney’s ruling in Dred Scott. During tensions over the fate of Ft. Sumter, he acts as a mediator, although believing Seward’s false assurances about an imminent peaceful surrender. When war breaks out he resigns from the Court to become CSA Asst. Sec of War. He is later one of three CSA peace negotiators at the failed Hampton Roads meeting with Lincoln.
Justice John Campbell
