Life Span
to
Full name
James Philemon Holcombe
Place of birth
Powhatan County, Virginia
Place of Birth
Virginia
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Family
William James Holcombe (father), Eliza Clopton Holcombe (mother)
Education
Yale
University of Virginia
Occupation
Businessman
Writer or Artist
Other Affiliations
Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)
Government
Confederate government (1861-65)
Date Event
- The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond
Secession
How to Cite This Page: "Holcombe, James Philemon," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5914.