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Louis Wigfall
Wigfall
Historical Figure
Nationality: United States (Confederate States, 1861-65)
Year of Birth: 1816
Year of Death: 1874
Cause of Death: Stroke
Religion: Episcopalianism
Occupation: Lawyer, Soldier, Politician
Spouse: Charlotte Maria Cross
Children: Three
Military Branch: Confederate

Army

Political Party: Democratic Party
Political Office(s): United States Senator from Texas,
Confederate States Senator from Texas
Fictional Appearances:
The Guns of the South
POD: January 17, 1864
Nationality: Confederate States
Political Party: Patriot Party
Military Branch: CS Army (Second American Revolution)

Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 - February 18, 1874) was an American politician who served variously as a member of the Texas State Legislature, the United States Senate, and the Confederate Senate. Wigfall was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, a faction that advocated the preservation and expansion of an aristocratic agrarian society based on slave labor. He briefly served as a CS Brigadier General of the Texas Brigade at the outset of the American Civil War before taking his seat in the Confederate Senate. Wigfall's reputation for oratory and hard-drinking, along with a combative nature and high-minded sense of personal honor, made him one of the more imposing political figures of his time.

Louis Wigfall in The Guns of the South[]

Louis Wigfall was adamantly opposed to the proposals made by Robert E. Lee to end slavery in the Confederate States. He even advocated that the C.S. should invade the United States and annex remaining slave-states. In 1867, Wigfall became the Patriot Party's nominee for the Vice Presidency, running with Nathan Bedford Forrest. Despite a fierce campaign, Forrest and Wigfall were beaten by the Confederate Party ticket of Lee and Albert Gallatin Brown. As the Patriot Party was backed by the Rivington Men, Wigfall knew that the AWB men were from the future, but had been given a story that did not comport with actual history.

After the Richmond Massacre occurred on March 4, 1868, Wigfall was one of several politicians who were given access to actual history texts from the future. Wigfall grudgingly accepted that the AWB had lied. However, he did not cease in his opposition to Lee's plans to end slavery.

Political offices
(OTL)
Preceded by
Matthias Ward
United States Senator (Class 1) from Texas
1859-1861
Served alongside: John Hemphill
Succeeded by
Vacant until James W. Flanagan, 1870
New institution Confederate States Senator from Texas
1862-1865
Served alongside: William Oldham
Succeeded by
None
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