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McLaws's
Civilian Careers — Richmond County, Georgia 1865 -1869 |
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Lafayette
McLaws had no training other than as a military officer. "He
had no farming, artistic or
business skills." (1)
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1866, McLaws was elected to his father's old position as clerk
of the inferior and superior courts of Richmond County. H. W.
Graber, one of McLaws's former scouts in the 8th Texas Cavalry,
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"wearing
his old Confederate gray, with buttons and trimmings shorn
off." Graber commented on McLaws's love for his old
uniform to which McLaws replied, wearing it was a "not
a matter of choice, but of necessity."
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salary and fees McLaws earned in the govermental position were
not sufficient to meet the needs of his growing family. (2) |
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| Richmond
County
Courthouse,
Georgia |
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| McLaws
would also attempt to earn a living as an life insurance salesman,
and contemplated seeking the Office of Comptroller General of
Georgia. Neither worked out. |
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(1) ASG, 48.
(2)
Graber, H. W.. Sixty-Two Years in Texas. Austin: State
House Press, 1987, 299.
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